linux-kernel - Re: + sys_getppid-oopses-on-debug-kernel.patch added to -mm tree

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Date:	Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:12:49 +0400
From:	Kirill Korotaev <dev@...ru>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
CC:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>,
	Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dev@...nvz.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: + sys_getppid-oopses-on-debug-kernel.patch added to -mm tree

>  > >>Even without getting into just how ugly this is, is it really worth
>  > >>it?
>  > it is impossible to run debug kernels w/o this patch :/
>  > or are you asking whether this optimization worth it?
>  > 
>  > What makes me worry is that this is a sign that vendors
>  > don't even bother to run debug kernels :((((
> 
> Fedora rawhide is nearly always shipping with DEBUG_SLAB enabled,
> and we didn't hit this once.  Are you sure this is a problem
> with DEBUG_SLAB, and not DEBUG_PAGEALLOC ?
Sorry, it's my fault. Surely, CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.

Kirill

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