The patch titled badpage: ratelimit print_bad_pte and bad_page has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is badpage-ratelimit-print_bad_pte-and-bad_page.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 *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: badpage: ratelimit print_bad_pte and bad_page From: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx> print_bad_pte() and bad_page() might each need ratelimiting - especially for their dump_stacks, almost never of interest, yet not quite dispensible. Correlating corruption across neighbouring entries can be very helpful, so allow a burst of 60 reports before keeping quiet for the remainder of that minute (or allow a steady drip of one report per second). Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memory.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ mm/page_alloc.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN mm/memory.c~badpage-ratelimit-print_bad_pte-and-bad_page mm/memory.c --- a/mm/memory.c~badpage-ratelimit-print_bad_pte-and-bad_page +++ a/mm/memory.c @@ -383,6 +383,29 @@ static void print_bad_pte(struct vm_area pmd_t *pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr); struct address_space *mapping; pgoff_t index; + static unsigned long resume; + static unsigned long nr_shown; + static unsigned long nr_unshown; + + /* + * Allow a burst of 60 reports, then keep quiet for that minute; + * or allow a steady drip of one report per second. + */ + if (nr_shown == 60) { + if (time_before(jiffies, resume)) { + nr_unshown++; + return; + } + if (nr_unshown) { + printk(KERN_EMERG + "Bad page map: %lu messages suppressed\n", + nr_unshown); + nr_unshown = 0; + } + nr_shown = 0; + } + if (nr_shown++ == 0) + resume = jiffies + 60 * HZ; mapping = vma->vm_file ? vma->vm_file->f_mapping : NULL; index = linear_page_index(vma, addr); diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~badpage-ratelimit-print_bad_pte-and-bad_page mm/page_alloc.c --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~badpage-ratelimit-print_bad_pte-and-bad_page +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -223,6 +223,30 @@ static inline int bad_range(struct zone static void bad_page(struct page *page) { + static unsigned long resume; + static unsigned long nr_shown; + static unsigned long nr_unshown; + + /* + * Allow a burst of 60 reports, then keep quiet for that minute; + * or allow a steady drip of one report per second. + */ + if (nr_shown == 60) { + if (time_before(jiffies, resume)) { + nr_unshown++; + goto out; + } + if (nr_unshown) { + printk(KERN_EMERG + "Bad page state: %lu messages suppressed\n", + nr_unshown); + nr_unshown = 0; + } + nr_shown = 0; + } + if (nr_shown++ == 0) + resume = jiffies + 60 * HZ; + printk(KERN_EMERG "Bad page state in process %s pfn:%05lx\n", current->comm, page_to_pfn(page)); printk(KERN_EMERG @@ -232,7 +256,7 @@ static void bad_page(struct page *page) printk(KERN_EMERG "Trying to fix it up, but a reboot is needed\n"); dump_stack(); - +out: /* Leave bad fields for debug, except PageBuddy could make trouble */ __ClearPageBuddy(page); add_taint(TAINT_BAD_PAGE); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx are ksym_symbol_len-fixes.patch linux-next.patch mm-dont-mark_page_accessed-in-shmem_fault.patch mm-apply_to_range-call-pte-function-with-lazy-updates.patch mm-remove-cgroup_mm_owner_callbacks.patch mm-remove-aop_writepage_activate.patch mm-remove-gfp_highuser_pagecache.patch mm-add-setclearpageswapcache-stubs.patch mm-replace-some-bug_ons-by-vm_bug_ons.patch mm-add_active_or_unevictable-into-rmap.patch mm-make-page_lock_anon_vma-static.patch mm-further-cleanup-page_add_new_anon_rmap.patch mm-gup-persist-for-write-permission.patch mm-wp-lock-page-before-deciding-cow.patch mm-reuse_swap_page-replaces-can_share_swap_page.patch mm-try_to_free_swap-replaces-remove_exclusive_swap_page.patch mm-try_to_unuse-check-removing-right-swap.patch mm-remove-try_to_munlock-from-vmscan.patch mm-remove-gfp_mask-from-add_to_swap.patch mm-add-add_to_swap-stub.patch mm-optimize-get_scan_ratio-for-no-swap.patch swapfile-swapon-needs-larger-size-type.patch swapfile-remove-swp_active-mask.patch swapfile-remove-surplus-whitespace.patch swapfile-remove-v0-swap-space-message.patch swapfile-rearrange-scan-and-swap_info.patch swapfile-swapon-use-discard-trim.patch swapfile-swap-allocation-use-discard.patch swapfile-swapon-randomize-if-nonrot.patch swapfile-swap-allocation-cycle-if-nonrot.patch swapfile-change-discard-pgoff_t-to-sector_t.patch swapfile-change-discard-pgoff_t-to-sector_t-fix.patch swapfile-let-others-seed-random.patch badpage-simplify-page_alloc-flag-checkclear.patch badpage-keep-any-bad-page-out-of-circulation.patch badpage-replace-page_remove_rmap-eeek-and-bug.patch badpage-vm_normal_page-use-print_bad_pte.patch badpage-zap-print_bad_pte-on-swap-and-file.patch badpage-remove-vma-from-page_remove_rmap.patch badpage-ratelimit-print_bad_pte-and-bad_page.patch badpage-kern_alert-bug-instead-of-kern_emerg.patch memcg-handle-swap-caches.patch memcg-handle-swap-caches-build-fix.patch memcg-swap-cgroup-for-remembering-usage.patch memcg-memswap-controller-core.patch memcg-memswap-controller-core-make-resize-limit-hold-mutex.patch memcg-memswap-controller-core-swapcache-fixes.patch prio_tree-debugging-patch.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