The quilt patch titled Subject: mm/vmalloc: explicitly identify vm_map_ram area when shown in /proc/vmcoreinfo has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was mm-vmalloc-explicitly-identify-vm_map_ram-area-when-shown-in-proc-vmcoreinfo.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged ------------------------------------------------------ From: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/vmalloc: explicitly identify vm_map_ram area when shown in /proc/vmcoreinfo Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:19:18 +0800 Now, by marking VMAP_RAM in vmap_area->flags for vm_map_ram, we can clearly differentiate it with other vmalloc areas. So identify vm_map_area area by checking VMAP_RAM of vmap_area->flags when shown in /proc/vmcoreinfo. Meanwhile, the code comment above vm_map_ram area checking in s_show() is not needed any more, remove it here. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230113031921.64716-5-bhe@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmalloc-explicitly-identify-vm_map_ram-area-when-shown-in-proc-vmcoreinfo +++ a/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -4225,11 +4225,7 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, vo va = list_entry(p, struct vmap_area, list); - /* - * s_show can encounter race with remove_vm_area, !vm on behalf - * of vmap area is being tear down or vm_map_ram allocation. - */ - if (!va->vm) { + if (!va->vm && (va->flags & VMAP_RAM)) { seq_printf(m, "0x%pK-0x%pK %7ld vm_map_ram\n", (void *)va->va_start, (void *)va->va_end, va->va_end - va->va_start); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from bhe@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-vmalloc-skip-the-uninitilized-vmalloc-areas.patch powerpc-mm-add-vm_ioremap-flag-to-the-vmalloc-area.patch sh-mm-set-vm_ioremap-flag-to-the-vmalloc-area.patch