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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, greg@kroah.com,
	randy.dunlap@oracle.com
Subject: Re: [patch 2/5] infrastructure to debug (dynamic) objects
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:04:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080324130454.ced60108.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080321200321.650649403@linutronix.de>

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:26:18 -0000
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:

> The debugobjects core code keeps track of operations on static and
> dynamic objects by inserting them into a hashed list and sanity
> checking them on object operations and provides additional checks
> whenever kernel memory is freed.

Prime candidates for conversion to this interface are locks: spinlocks,
rwlocks, mutexes, etc.

a) it'd be interesting to get that done, as a proof-of-usefulness thing.

b) but this code internally uses spinlocks.  Will it explode?

also list_heads and hlists.  But

a) that might be a bit redundant against the custome debugging which lists
   already have and

b) this code uses lists and hlists internally?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-03-24 20:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-21 20:26 [patch 0/5] debugobject infrastructure V3 Thomas Gleixner
2008-03-21 20:26 ` [patch 1/5] slab: add a flag to prevent debug_free checks on a kmem_cache Thomas Gleixner
2008-03-21 20:26 ` [patch 2/5] infrastructure to debug (dynamic) objects Thomas Gleixner
2008-03-21 20:55   ` Randy Dunlap
2008-03-21 21:24     ` Thomas Gleixner
2008-03-24 20:04   ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2008-03-25  8:19     ` Thomas Gleixner
2008-03-26 23:23       ` Thomas Gleixner
2008-03-21 20:26 ` [patch 3/5] debugobjects: add documentation Thomas Gleixner
2008-03-21 20:26 ` [patch 4/5] debugobjects: add timer specific object debugging code Thomas Gleixner
2008-04-26 16:28   ` Andrew Morton
2008-03-21 20:26 ` [patch 5/5] add hrtimer specific debugobjects code Thomas Gleixner

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