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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 1/5] mm: print more information about mapping in __dump_page
On Wed,  7 Nov 2018 11:18:26 +0100 Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> wrote:

> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
>
> __dump_page prints the mapping pointer but that is quite unhelpful
> for many reports because the pointer itself only helps to distinguish
> anon/ksm mappings from other ones (because of lowest bits
> set). Sometimes it would be much more helpful to know what kind of
> mapping that is actually and if we know this is a file mapping then also
> try to resolve the dentry name.
>
> ...
>
> --- a/mm/debug.c
> +++ b/mm/debug.c
>
> ...
>
> @@ -70,6 +71,18 @@ void __dump_page(struct page *page, const char *reason)
> if (PageCompound(page))
> pr_cont(" compound_mapcount: %d", compound_mapcount(page));
> pr_cont("\n");
> + if (PageAnon(page))
> + pr_emerg("anon ");
> + else if (PageKsm(page))
> + pr_emerg("ksm ");
> + else if (mapping) {
> + pr_emerg("%ps ", mapping->a_ops);
> + if (mapping->host->i_dentry.first) {
> + struct dentry *dentry;
> + dentry = container_of(mapping->host->i_dentry.first, struct dentry, d_u.d_alias);
> + pr_emerg("name:\"%*s\" ", dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
> + }
> + }

There has to be a better way of printing the filename. It is so often
needed.

The (poorly named and gleefully undocumented)
take_dentry_name_snapshot() looks promising. However it's unclear that
__dump_page() is always called from contexts where
take_dentry_name_snapshot() and release_dentry_name_snapshot() can be
safely called. Probably it's OK, but how to guarantee it?


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