linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: fix printk format within cma

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Message-ID: <CAGWkznHHMSWpEJ1xjfgnA7k04AeO2hNpa=BRgCmKop0sJMTbsw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:16:19 +0800
From:   Zhaoyang Huang <huangzhaoyang@...il.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     "zhaoyang.huang" <zhaoyang.huang@...soc.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ke.wang@...soc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: fix printk format within cma

On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 11:38 AM Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 11:33:09AM +0800, zhaoyang.huang wrote:
> > cma and page pointer printed via %p are hash value which make debug to be hard.
> > change them to %px.
>
> Why does printing the page pointer make any sense at all?  Surely the
> PFN makes much more sense.
either pfn or a correct page pointer makes sense for debugging, while
page could be more safe than pfn which expose the paddr directly
>
> > [63321.482751] [c7] cma: cma_alloc(): memory range at 000000000b5e462c is busy, retrying
> > [63321.482786] [c7] cma: cma_alloc(): memory range at 000000000f7d6fae is busy, retrying
> > [63321.482823] [c7] cma: cma_alloc(): memory range at 00000000e653b59b is busy, retrying
> > [63322.378890] [c7] cma: cma_release(page 00000000dd53cf48)
> > [63322.378913] [c7] cma: cma_release(page 00000000315f703d)
> > [63322.378925] [c7] cma: cma_release(page 00000000791e3a5f)
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@...soc.com>
> > ---
> >  mm/cma.c | 6 +++---
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/cma.c b/mm/cma.c
> > index 4a978e0..dfe9813 100644
> > --- a/mm/cma.c
> > +++ b/mm/cma.c
> > @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ struct page *cma_alloc(struct cma *cma, unsigned long count,
> >       if (!cma || !cma->count || !cma->bitmap)
> >               goto out;
> >
> > -     pr_debug("%s(cma %p, count %lu, align %d)\n", __func__, (void *)cma,
> > +     pr_debug("%s(cma %px, count %lu, align %d)\n", __func__, (void *)cma,
> >                count, align);
> >
> >       if (!count)
> > @@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ bool cma_pages_valid(struct cma *cma, const struct page *pages,
> >       pfn = page_to_pfn(pages);
> >
> >       if (pfn < cma->base_pfn || pfn >= cma->base_pfn + cma->count) {
> > -             pr_debug("%s(page %p, count %lu)\n", __func__,
> > +             pr_debug("%s(page %px, count %lu)\n", __func__,
> >                                               (void *)pages, count);
> >               return false;
> >       }
> > @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ bool cma_release(struct cma *cma, const struct page *pages,
> >       if (!cma_pages_valid(cma, pages, count))
> >               return false;
> >
> > -     pr_debug("%s(page %p, count %lu)\n", __func__, (void *)pages, count);
> > +     pr_debug("%s(page %px, count %lu)\n", __func__, (void *)pages, count);
> >
> >       pfn = page_to_pfn(pages);
> >
> > --
> > 1.9.1
> >
> >