linux-kernel - Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v12 03/13] mm: Introduce VM_WARN_ON

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:50:51 +0800
From:   Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>
To:     Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, mingo@...hat.com,
        bp@...en8.de, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
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        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, paulmck@...nel.org,
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        Mina Almasry <almasrymina@...gle.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        "Song Bao Hua (Barry Song)" <song.bao.hua@...ilicon.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        HORIGUCHI NAOYA(堀口 直也) 
        <naoya.horiguchi@....com>,
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        Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
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Subject: Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v12 03/13] mm: Introduce VM_WARN_ON_PAGE macro

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 6:31 AM Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> On 1/6/21 6:19 AM, Muchun Song wrote:
> > Very similar to VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_PAGE and VM_BUG_ON_PAGE, add
> > VM_WARN_ON_PAGE macro.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/mmdebug.h | 8 ++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> I was going to question the use/need for this macro in the following
> patch.  Looks like Oscar has already done that, and free_bootmem_page
> will now use VM_BUG_ON_PAGE.  So, this patch can be dropped.

In the previous version, Oscar suggested I use WARN_ON instead of
BUG_ON. But he realised we actually should use BUG_ON in this
version. So I will drop this in the next version. Thanks.

>
> --
> Mike Kravetz