POSSIBLE BUG: Debugging Not Automatically Activated in Slab.c
Before I submit this as an actually bug, I'd like the input of some people who know a little more about the Slab Allocator and Kernel Debugging.
The Slab Allocator includes this line:
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB
in slab.c (line 89) to activate debugging.
However, I couldn't find anywhere in the code where CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is linked to CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL. In other words, setting the kernel as a debug kernel doesn't automatically set the Slab Allocator to debug too.
1) Am I missing something?
2) Is this intentional or by design?
If this is an actually bug, it can be fixed by inserting the following code in slab.h immediately following the #include statements:
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL
#define CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB
#endif
Joseph Wagner
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Joseph D. Wagner wrote:
| Before I submit this as an actually bug, I'd like the input of some people | who know a little more about the Slab Allocator and Kernel Debugging. | | The Slab Allocator includes this line: | | #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB | | in slab.c (line 89) to activate debugging. | | However, I couldn't find anywhere in the code where CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is | linked to CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL. In other words, setting the kernel as a | debug kernel doesn't automatically set the Slab Allocator to debug too.
CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is a separate option, listed under the Kernel Hacking config menu (Debug memory allocations).
| 1) Am I missing something? | | 2) Is this intentional or by design?
Design.
| If this is an actually bug, it can be fixed by inserting the following code | in slab.h immediately following the #include statements: | | #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL | #define CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB | #endif
Nope, just enable it.
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~Randy
RE: POSSIBLE BUG: Debugging Not Automatically Activated in Slab.c -- RESOLVED
Thanks for the non-flame clarification.
Joseph Wagner
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To: Joseph D. Wagner
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Subject: Re: POSSIBLE BUG: Debugging Not Automatically Activated in Slab.c
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Joseph D. Wagner wrote:
| Before I submit this as an actually bug, I'd like the input of some people | who know a little more about the Slab Allocator and Kernel Debugging. | | The Slab Allocator includes this line: | | #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB | | in slab.c (line 89) to activate debugging. | | However, I couldn't find anywhere in the code where CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is | linked to CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL. In other words, setting the kernel as a | debug kernel doesn't automatically set the Slab Allocator to debug too.
CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is a separate option, listed under the Kernel Hacking config menu (Debug memory allocations).
| 1) Am I missing something? | | 2) Is this intentional or by design?
Design.
| If this is an actually bug, it can be fixed by inserting the following code
| in slab.h immediately following the #include statements: | | #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL | #define CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB | #endif
Nope, just enable it.
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