The patch titled Subject: mm/swap_slots.c: add warning if swap slots cache failed to initialize has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is swap-add-warning-if-swap-slots-cache-failed-to-initialize.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/swap-add-warning-if-swap-slots-cache-failed-to-initialize.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/swap-add-warning-if-swap-slots-cache-failed-to-initialize.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: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/swap_slots.c: add warning if swap slots cache failed to initialize Add a warning diagnostics to user if we failed to allocate swap slots cache and use it. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170328234827.GA10107@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/swap_slots.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN mm/swap_slots.c~swap-add-warning-if-swap-slots-cache-failed-to-initialize mm/swap_slots.c --- a/mm/swap_slots.c~swap-add-warning-if-swap-slots-cache-failed-to-initialize +++ a/mm/swap_slots.c @@ -241,8 +241,11 @@ int enable_swap_slots_cache(void) ret = cpuhp_setup_state(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN, "swap_slots_cache", alloc_swap_slot_cache, free_slot_cache); - if (ret < 0) + if (ret < 0) { + WARN_ONCE(1, "Cache allocation failed (%s), operate without swap slots cache.\n", + __func__); goto out_unlock; + } swap_slot_cache_initialized = true; __reenable_swap_slots_cache(); out_unlock: _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are swap-add-warning-if-swap-slots-cache-failed-to-initialize.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