linux-kernel - Re: [0/2] vmalloc: Add /proc/vmallocinfo to display mappings

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Message-ID: <2f11576a0803200043p52d875ealcebe46d47d539628@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:43:22 +0900
From:	"KOSAKI Motohiro" <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	clameter@....com, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [0/2] vmalloc: Add /proc/vmallocinfo to display mappings

Hi Andrew,

>  > > Example:
>  > >
>  > > cat /proc/vmallocinfo
>
>  argh, please don't top-post.
>
>  (undoes it)

sorry, I don't do that at next.

>  > Great.
>  > it seems very useful.
>  > and, I found no bug.
>  >
>  > Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
>
>  I was just about to ask whether we actually need the feature - I don't
>  recall ever having needed it, nor do I recall seeing anyone else need it.
>
>  Why is it useful?

to be honest, I tought this is merely good debug feature.
but crishtoph-san already explained it is more useful things.

Thanks.
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