linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] mm: add rss counters consistency check

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Message-ID: <20120106173827.11700.74305.stgit@zurg>
Date:	Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:38:27 +0400
From:	Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] mm: add rss counters consistency check

This patch warn about non-zero rss counters at final mmdrop.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>
---
 kernel/fork.c |   21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index da4a6a1..67a79dd 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -507,6 +507,23 @@ static struct mm_struct *mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static void check_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_MM_COUNTERS; i++) {
+		long x = atomic_long_read(&mm->rss_stat.count[i]);
+
+		if (unlikely(x))
+			printk(KERN_ALERT "BUG: Bad rss-counter state "
+					  "mm:%p idx:%d val:%ld\n", mm, i, x);
+	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+	VM_BUG_ON(mm->pmd_huge_pte);
+#endif
+}
+
 /*
  * Allocate and initialize an mm_struct.
  */
@@ -534,9 +551,7 @@ void __mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	mm_free_pgd(mm);
 	destroy_context(mm);
 	mmu_notifier_mm_destroy(mm);
-#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
-	VM_BUG_ON(mm->pmd_huge_pte);
-#endif
+	check_mm(mm);
 	free_mm(mm);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__mmdrop);

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