linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add debugging aid for memory initialisation problems

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Message-Id: <200611271514.03612.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:14:03 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@...net.ie>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add debugging aid for memory initialisation problems

On Monday 27 November 2006 15:08, Mel Gorman wrote:
> A number of bug reports have been submitted related to memory initialisation
> that would have been easier to debug if the PFN of page addresses were
> available. The dmesg output is often insufficient to find that information
> so debugging patches need to be sent to the reporting user.

So how many new lines does that add overall? Your memmap patches overall
were already one of the most noisy additions we had for a very long time.

-Andi
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