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

[Liam R. Howlett]

* Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com> [170727 12:12]:
> 
> 
> 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.

Okay, thanks.  I didn't think there was a code path that was missed on
boot.

Cheers,
Liam