linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: kmemleak: Change kmemleak default buffer size

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Date:	Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:10:07 -0700
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@...eros.com>
To:	Sankar P <sankar.curiosity@...il.com>
CC:	Luis Rodriguez <Luis.Rodriguez@...eros.com>,
	Vasanth Thiagarajan <Vasanth.Thiagarajan@...eros.com>,
	Sujith Manoharan <Sujith.Manoharan@...eros.com>,
	Senthilkumar Balasubramanian 
	<Senthilkumar.Balasubramanian@...eros.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: kmemleak: Change kmemleak default buffer size

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:27:10PM -0700, Sankar P wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez
> <lrodriguez@...eros.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Sankar P <sankar.curiosity@...il.com> wrote:
> >> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez
> >> <lrodriguez@...eros.com> wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:01:51PM -0700, Sankar P wrote:
> >>>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:26 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez
> >>>> <lrodriguez@...eros.com> wrote:
> >>>> > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:31:11AM -0700, Sankar P wrote:
> >>>> >> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
> >>>> >> <lrodriguez@...eros.com> wrote:
> >>>> >> > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:58:29PM -0700, Sankar P wrote:
> >>>> >> >> If we try to find the memory leaks in kernel that is
> >>>> >> >> compiled with 'make defconfig', the default buffer size
> >>>> >> >> seem to be inadequate. Change the buffer size from
> >>>> >> >> 400 to 1000, which is sufficient in most cases.
> >>>> >> >>
> >>>> >> >> Signed-off-by: Sankar P <sankar.curiosity@...il.com>
> >>>> >> >
> >>>> >> > What's your full name? Please read the "Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1"
> >>>> >> > It says:
> >>>> >> >
> >>>> >> > then you just add a line saying
> >>>> >> >
> >>>> >> >        Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@...eloper.example.org>
> >>>> >> >
> >>>> >> > using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)
> >>>> >> >
> >>>> >> >
> >>>> >> > Also you may want to post on a new thread instead of using this old thread
> >>>> >> > unless the maintainer is reading this and wants to pick it up.
> >>>> >> >
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> In our part of the world, we dont have lastnames. We just use the
> >>>> >> first letter of our father's name as the last name.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Oh wow, what part of the world is that? Interesting.
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> It is in a place called "Tamil Nadu" in India. See
> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_name (First paragraph end)
> >>>
> >>> Odd, I visited Tamil Nadu for a while and met quite a few folks who
> >>> have full last names, like the ones Cc'd. Does this differ between
> >>> area or what?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Thiagarajan, Manoharan, Balasubramanian <= these are all first names.
> >> Probably they are using their Father's full name as their last name.
> >
> > And their first names are what then?
> >
> 
> What I mean is:
> 
> Senthil Balasubramanian : Senthil is the person's first name.
> "Balasubramanian" is his father's first name, which Mr.Senthil uses as
> his last name. Mr Balasubramanian (who is senthil's father) will have
> a name like: Balasubramanian Paramasivan, where "Paramasivan" is the
> first name of Senthil's grandfather. (Paramasivan is a hypothetical
> name here).
> 
> Such a Father's-first-name-as-last-name is a very common thing in
> Tamil Nadu, India. Some people use the full firstname of father as the
> last name, while some other just use the first letter, as it might
> cause name conflicts. For instance, if a postal-mail is sent to "Mr.
> Balasubramanian" then the postman will want to deliver it to Senthil's
> father and not Senthil.
> 
> I hope I explained it clearly this time :-)

Indeed, thanks, so the letter only last name is really more of an
exemption? Or is it really common as well?

  Luis
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