linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/16] dma-debug: add hash functions for dma_debug

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Date:	Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:59:39 +0000
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...hat.com, fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/16] dma-debug: add hash functions for
 dma_debug_entries

On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 00:51 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> This all looks like an exotically large amount of code for a debug
> thingy?

Perhaps so, but it's a useful debug thingy which lets us debug _very_
common problems in drivers, which many people are unlikely to notice
without this 'assistance'. 

-- 
David Woodhouse                            Open Source Technology Centre
David.Woodhouse@...el.com                              Intel Corporation

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