linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] slub: Actually use 'message' in restore

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Date:   Wed, 19 May 2021 18:35:39 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] slub: Actually use 'message' in restore_bytes()

The message argument isn't used here. Let's pass the string to the
printk message so that the developer can figure out what's happening,
instead of guessing that a redzone is being restored, etc.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
---
 mm/slub.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 87eeeed1f369..16e8e8f8dc0c 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static void init_object(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object, u8 val)
 static void restore_bytes(struct kmem_cache *s, char *message, u8 data,
 						void *from, void *to)
 {
-	slab_fix(s, "Restoring 0x%px-0x%px=0x%x\n", from, to - 1, data);
+	slab_fix(s, "Restoring %s 0x%px-0x%px=0x%x\n", message, from, to - 1, data);
 	memset(from, data, to - from);
 }
 
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