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    mm: Make mem_dump_obj() handle vmalloc() memory · 98f18083
    Paul E. McKenney authored
    This commit adds vmalloc() support to mem_dump_obj().  Note that the
    vmalloc_dump_obj() function combines the checking and dumping, in
    contrast with the split between kmem_valid_obj() and kmem_dump_obj().
    The reason for the difference is that the checking in the vmalloc()
    case involves acquiring a global lock, and redundant acquisitions of
    global locks should be avoided, even on not-so-fast paths.
    
    Note that this change causes on-stack variables to be reported as
    vmalloc() storage from kernel_clone() or similar, depending on the degree
    of inlining that your compiler does.  This is likely more helpful than
    the earlier "non-paged (local) memory".
    
    Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
    Cc: <linux-mm@kvack.org>
    Reported-by: default avatarAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarVlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
    Tested-by: default avatarNaresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@linaro.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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