When memory registration is needed for page count which exceeds the allowed lock limit the function exits with an error but no error is printed. Since this is a case that system administrator can fix (rlimit etc) we need to give an alert. This is not a data patch so performance penalty is not a consideration. Signed-off-by: Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c index c6144df47ea4..e213e7e3a277 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c @@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get(struct ib_ucontext *context, unsigned long addr, if (check_add_overflow(mm->pinned_vm, npages, &new_pinned) || (new_pinned > lock_limit && !capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))) { up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); + pr_err("%s: Can't pin memory, req %ld, lmt %ld ipc_lock off\n", + __func__, new_pinned, lock_limit); ret = -ENOMEM; goto out; } -- 2.19.2