mm/util.c: add byte count to __vm_enough_memory failure warning
Commit 44b414c8 ("mm/util.c: add warning if __vm_enough_memory fails") adds debug information which gives the process id and executable name should __vm_enough_memory() fail. Adding the number of pages to the failure message would benefit application developers and system administrators in debugging overambitious memory requests by providing a point of reference to the amount of memory causing __vm_enough_memory() to fail. 1. Set appropriate kernel tunable to reach code path for failure message: # echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory 2. Test program to generate failure - requests 1 gibibyte per iteration: #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { for(;;) { if(malloc(1<<30) == NULL) break; printf("allocated 1 GiB\n"); } return 0; } 3. Output: Before: __vm_enough_memory: pid: 1218, comm: a.out, not enough memory for the allocation After: __vm_enough_memory: pid: 1137, comm: a.out, bytes: 1073741824, not enough memory for the allocation Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240222194617.1255-1-mcassell411@gmail.comSigned-off-by: Matthew Cassell <mcassell411@gmail.com> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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