[PATCH v3 1/3] mm/hugetlb: Allow arch to override and call the weak function

[Aneesh Kumar K.V]

On 07/27/2017 08:55 PM, Liam R. Howlett wrote:
> * Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com> [170727 02:18]:
>> For ppc64, we want to call this function when we are not running as guest.
>> Also, if we failed to allocate hugepages, let the user know.
>>
> [...]
>> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
>> index bc48ee783dd9..a3a7a7e6339e 100644
>> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
>> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
>> @@ -2083,7 +2083,9 @@ struct page *alloc_huge_page_noerr(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>   	return page;
>>   }
>>   
>> -int __weak alloc_bootmem_huge_page(struct hstate *h)
>> +int alloc_bootmem_huge_page(struct hstate *h)
>> +	__attribute__ ((weak, alias("__alloc_bootmem_huge_page")));
>> +int __alloc_bootmem_huge_page(struct hstate *h)
>>   {
>>   	struct huge_bootmem_page *m;
>>   	int nr_nodes, node;
>> @@ -2104,6 +2106,7 @@ int __weak alloc_bootmem_huge_page(struct hstate *h)
>>   			goto found;
>>   		}
>>   	}
>> +	pr_info("Failed to allocate hugepage of size %ld\n", huge_page_size(h));
>>   	return 0;
>>   
>>   found:
> 
> There is already a call to warn the user in the
> hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages function.  If you look there, you will see
> that the huge_page_size was translated into a more user friendly format
> and the count prior to the failure is included.  What call path are you
> trying to cover?  Also, you may want your print to be a pr_warn since it
> is a failure?
> 

Sorry I missed that in the recent kernel. I wrote the above before the 
mentioned changes was done. I will drop the pr_info from the patch.

Thanks
-aneesh