linux-kernel - Re: ath5k misbehaving affecting other kernel parts unrelated?

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Message-ID: <p2z19f34abd1004290017sd2379471q67917514161b1133@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:17:00 +0200
From:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
To:	Pedro Francisco <pedrogfrancisco@...il.com>
Cc:	me@...copeland.com, "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	mickflemm@...il.com
Subject: Re: ath5k misbehaving affecting other kernel parts unrelated?

> A Sexta, 23 de Abril de 2010 17:37:03 me@...copeland.com escreveu:
> -snip
>> Advice for debugging: turn on slub/slab debug options, and possibly
>> kmemcheck.  kmemcheck was very helpful for me last time I had such
>> a corruption issue.
>
> I can't seem to find the "kmemcheck: trap use of uninitialized memory" option
> in make menuconfig, section Kernel Hacking, though a search shows it should be
> there.

Most likely you need to disable "Optimize for size", under "General
setup" in the main menu to make it appear. But it could also be one of
the other dependencies; check the "Depends on" line of KMEMCHECK when
you do the search.


Vegard
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