linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm, page_alloc: really disable DEBUG

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Message-ID: <e5d9f4f1-c27f-63f5-0681-85b0697f5480@canonical.com>
Date:   Wed, 19 May 2021 11:42:29 -0400
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@...onical.com>,
        Guilherme Piccoli <gpiccoli@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm, page_alloc: really disable DEBUG_PAGEALLOC with
 hibernation

On 19/05/2021 11:30, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 19.05.21 17:28, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> The documentation of DEBUG_PAGEALLOC states that it cannot be used with
>> hibernation, however the Kconfig entry would allow it if
>> ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC && !PPC && !SPARC.
>>
>> Fixes: ee3b4290aec0 ("generic debug pagealloc: build fix")
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com>
>> ---
>>   mm/Kconfig.debug | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/Kconfig.debug b/mm/Kconfig.debug
>> index 1e73717802f8..0ace5b2a9d04 100644
>> --- a/mm/Kconfig.debug
>> +++ b/mm/Kconfig.debug
>> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config PAGE_EXTENSION
>>   config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
>>   	bool "Debug page memory allocations"
>>   	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
>> -	depends on !HIBERNATION || ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC && !PPC && !SPARC
>> +	depends on !HIBERNATION && ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC && !PPC && !SPARC
>>   	select PAGE_POISONING if !ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
>>   	help
>>   	  Unmap pages from the kernel linear mapping after free_pages().
>>
> 
> I remember this should be working now, as we temporarily map the pages 
> in the direct map when hibernating?

Let me actually test it on x86_64...


Best regards,
Krzysztof