linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/15] kmemleak: Enable the building of the memory leak detector

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Date:	Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:20:17 -0800
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/15] kmemleak: Enable the building of the memory leak
	detector

On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 18:28 +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> +config DEBUG_MEMLEAK
> +       bool "Kernel memory leak detector"
> +       default n
> +       depends on EXPERIMENTAL
> +       select DEBUG_SLAB if SLAB
> +       select SLUB_DEBUG if SLUB
> +       select DEBUG_FS
> +       select STACKTRACE
> +       select FRAME_POINTER
> +       select KALLSYMS

So, not all architectures have STACKTRACE or FRAME_POINTER.  I think a
few of these should at least be done with depends.

Is this feature accessible if DEBUG_FS=n?  It seems to compile OK, but I
wonder if it is useful.

-- Dave

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