From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx187.postini.com [74.125.245.187]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 615996B004A for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:06:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:04:30 -0200 From: Rafael Aquini Subject: Re: [PATCH] oom: add sysctl to enable slab memory dump Message-ID: <20120222160429.GA1986@x61.redhat.com> References: <20120222115320.GA3107@x61.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Pekka Enberg Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, Randy Dunlap , Christoph Lameter , Matt Mackall , Rik van Riel , Josef Bacik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 03:17:23PM +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Rafael Aquini wrote: > > This, alongside with all other data dumped in OOM events, is very helpful > > information in diagnosing why there was an OOM condition specially when > > kernel code is under investigation. > > > > Signed-off-by: Rafael Aquini > > Makes sense. Do you have an example how an out-of-memory slab cache > dump looks like? > Yes I do have a couple of dumps taken from some dabbler testing I was performing. Would it be interesting to introduce a sample at the commit message, or among the Documentation paragraphs? > Minor style nit: just define the zeroed variables in this block. > I will adjust those. Thanks for your feedback! -- Rafael Aquini Software Maintenance Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +55 51 4063.9436 / 8426138 (ext) -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org