[PATCH v1 2/2] mm/show_mem: Add trylock while printing alloc info
From: Yueyang Pan
Date: Wed Aug 27 2025 - 14:34:50 EST
In production, show_mem() can be called concurrently from two
different entities, for example one from oom_kill_process()
another from __alloc_pages_slowpath from another kthread. This
patch adds a mutex and invokes trylock before printing out the
kernel alloc info in show_mem(). This way two alloc info won't
interleave with each other, which then makes parsing easier.
Signed-off-by: Yueyang Pan <pyyjason@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/show_mem.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/show_mem.c b/mm/show_mem.c
index b71e222fde86..8814b5f8a7dc 100644
--- a/mm/show_mem.c
+++ b/mm/show_mem.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(_totalram_pages);
unsigned long totalreserve_pages __read_mostly;
unsigned long totalcma_pages __read_mostly;
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(mem_alloc_profiling_mutex);
+
static inline void show_node(struct zone *zone)
{
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA))
@@ -419,7 +421,7 @@ void __show_mem(unsigned int filter, nodemask_t *nodemask, int max_zone_idx)
printk("%lu pages hwpoisoned\n", atomic_long_read(&num_poisoned_pages));
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING
- if (mem_alloc_profiling_enabled()) {
+ if (mem_alloc_profiling_enabled() && mutex_trylock(&mem_alloc_profiling_mutex)) {
struct codetag_bytes tags[10];
size_t i, nr;
@@ -445,6 +447,7 @@ void __show_mem(unsigned int filter, nodemask_t *nodemask, int max_zone_idx)
ct->lineno, ct->function);
}
}
+ mutex_unlock(&mem_alloc_profiling_mutex);
}
#endif
}
--
2.47.3