The patch titled Subject: mm, page_alloc: print symbolic gfp_flags on allocation failure has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-page_alloc-print-symbolic-gfp_flags-on-allocation-failure.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-page_alloc-print-symbolic-gfp_flags-on-allocation-failure.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-page_alloc-print-symbolic-gfp_flags-on-allocation-failure.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Subject: mm, page_alloc: print symbolic gfp_flags on allocation failure It would be useful to translate gfp_flags into string representation when printing in case of an allocation failure, especially as the flags have been undergoing some changes recently and the script ./scripts/gfp-translate needs a matching source version to be accurate. Example output: stapio: page allocation failure: order:9, mode:0x2080020(GFP_ATOMIC) Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-print-symbolic-gfp_flags-on-allocation-failure mm/page_alloc.c --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-print-symbolic-gfp_flags-on-allocation-failure +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -2703,9 +2703,8 @@ void warn_alloc_failed(gfp_t gfp_mask, u va_end(args); } - pr_warn("%s: page allocation failure: order:%u, mode:0x%x\n", - current->comm, order, gfp_mask); - + pr_warn("%s: page allocation failure: order:%u, mode:%#x(%pGg)\n", + current->comm, order, gfp_mask, &gfp_mask); dump_stack(); if (!should_suppress_show_mem()) show_mem(filter); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from vbabka@xxxxxxx are tracepoints-move-trace_print_flags-definitions-to-tracepoint-defsh.patch mm-tracing-make-show_gfp_flags-up-to-date.patch tools-perf-make-gfp_compact_table-up-to-date.patch mm-tracing-unify-mm-flags-handling-in-tracepoints-and-printk.patch mm-printk-introduce-new-format-string-for-flags.patch mm-debug-replace-dump_flags-with-the-new-printk-formats.patch mm-page_alloc-print-symbolic-gfp_flags-on-allocation-failure.patch mm-oom-print-symbolic-gfp_flags-in-oom-warning.patch mm-page_owner-print-migratetype-of-page-and-pageblock-symbolic-flags.patch mm-page_owner-convert-page_owner_inited-to-static-key.patch mm-page_owner-copy-page-owner-info-during-migration.patch mm-page_owner-track-and-print-last-migrate-reason.patch mm-page_owner-dump-page-owner-info-from-dump_page.patch mm-debug-move-bad-flags-printing-to-bad_page.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html