linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: kmemleak: Change kmemleak default buffer size

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikHiPKPD5myvn8bycPAS4f9rBkPvbag6if7p23O@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:01:11 +0530
From:	Sankar P <sankar.curiosity@...il.com>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@...eros.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"lethal@...ux-sh.org" <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	"linux-sh@...r.kernel.org" <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
	Luis Rodriguez <Luis.Rodriguez@...eros.com>,
	"penberg@...helsinki.fi" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	"catalin.marinas@....com" <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	"rnagarajan@...ell.com" <rnagarajan@...ell.com>,
	"teheo@...ell.com" <teheo@...ell.com>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: kmemleak: Change kmemleak default buffer size

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
<lrodriguez@...eros.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:58:29PM -0700, Sankar P wrote:
>> If we try to find the memory leaks in kernel that is
>> compiled with 'make defconfig', the default buffer size
>> seem to be inadequate. Change the buffer size from
>> 400 to 1000, which is sufficient in most cases.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sankar P <sankar.curiosity@...il.com>
>
> What's your full name? Please read the "Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1"
> It says:
>
> then you just add a line saying
>
>        Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@...eloper.example.org>
>
> using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)
>
>
> Also you may want to post on a new thread instead of using this old thread
> unless the maintainer is reading this and wants to pick it up.
>

In our part of the world, we dont have lastnames. We just use the
first letter of our father's name as the last name.

I will send the updated patch as a new mail, I thought it will be
easier to follow if all mails belongs to the same thread.

Thanks

>  Luis
>
>> ---
>>  arch/sh/configs/sh7785lcr_32bit_defconfig |    2 +-
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/sh7785lcr_32bit_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/sh7785lcr_32bit_defconfig
>> index 71f39c7..b02e5ae 100644
>> --- a/arch/sh/configs/sh7785lcr_32bit_defconfig
>> +++ b/arch/sh/configs/sh7785lcr_32bit_defconfig
>> @@ -1710,7 +1710,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS=y
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS is not set
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is not set
>>  CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
>> -CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE=400
>> +CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE=1000
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_TEST is not set
>>  CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES is not set
>> --
>> 1.6.4.2
>>
>



-- 
Sankar P
http://psankar.blogspot.com
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