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Date:   Tue, 7 Jul 2020 17:13:52 +0800
From:   Tian Tao <tiantao6@...ilicon.com>
To:     <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] vmalloc: Removing incorrect logs when vmalloc failed

It is not possible to increase size with vmalloc=<size> in arm64
architecture and it will mislead.however vmalloc return failure
is a rare occurrence in 'many architectures including arm64'.

Signed-off-by: Tian Tao <tiantao6@...ilicon.com>
---
 mm/vmalloc.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 89e83d3..c7b5a9a 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1238,8 +1238,7 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
 	}
 
 	if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOWARN) && printk_ratelimit())
-		pr_warn("vmap allocation for size %lu failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size\n",
-			size);
+		pr_warn("vmap allocation for size %lu failed\n", size);
 
 	kmem_cache_free(vmap_area_cachep, va);
 	return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
-- 
2.7.4

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