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

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Fri Sep 20 18:04:01 CEST 2024


Hi Tom,

On Fri, 20 Sept 2024 at 16:59, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 09:25:44AM +0200, Simon Glass wrote:
> > 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.
>
> The commit message says "and debugging is enabled", so is that the case
> or not?

Oh, I see. It should say 'not' :-) I will send a new patch.


- Simon


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