linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] slub: reduce total stack usage of slab_err & object

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Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:33:19 +0200
From:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
To:	Richard Kennedy <richard@....demon.co.uk>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	penberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>, mpm <mpm@...enic.com>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slub: reduce total stack usage of slab_err & object_err

On Tue, 30 September 2008 16:15:36 +0100, Richard Kennedy wrote:
> 
> I've been trying to build a tool to estimate the maximum stack usage in
> the kernel, & noticed that most of the biggest stack users are the error
> handling routines.

Cool!  I once did the same, although the code has severely bitrotted by
now.  Is the code available somewhere?

Jörn

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