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This commit adds vmalloc() support to mem_dump_obj(). Note that the vmalloc_dump_obj() function combines the checking and dumping, in contrast with the split between kmem_valid_obj() and kmem_dump_obj(). The reason for the difference is that the checking in the vmalloc() case involves acquiring a global lock, and redundant acquisitions of global locks should be avoided, even on not-so-fast paths. Note that this change causes on-stack variables to be reported as vmalloc() storage from kernel_clone() or similar, depending on the degree of inlining that your compiler does. This is likely more helpful than the earlier "non-paged (local) memory". Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com> Cc: <linux-mm@kvack.org> Reported-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Tested-by: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.