[PATCH 06/19] malloc: Show amount of used space when memory runs out

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Fri Sep 20 09:25:44 CEST 2024


Hi Tom,

On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 at 19:26, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 08:57:49AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> > Show a bit more information when malloc() space is exhausted and
> > debugging is enabled.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> > ---
> >
> >  common/malloc_simple.c | 3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/common/malloc_simple.c b/common/malloc_simple.c
> > index 5a8ec538f8f..f2b3dc53689 100644
> > --- a/common/malloc_simple.c
> > +++ b/common/malloc_simple.c
> > @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ static void *alloc_simple(size_t bytes, int align)
> >       log_debug("size=%lx, ptr=%lx, limit=%x: ", (ulong)bytes, new_ptr,
> >                 gd->malloc_limit);
> >       if (new_ptr > gd->malloc_limit) {
> > -             log_err("alloc space exhausted\n");
> > +             log_err("alloc space exhausted %lx %x\n", new_ptr,
> > +                     gd->malloc_limit);
> >               return NULL;
> >       }
>
> Since debugging is enabled you should update the error message to say
> what the values mean...

OK, will do. This message is shown without debugging enabled, so I do
want to keep it short.

Regards,
Simon


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