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

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Date:	Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:57:10 +0530
From:	Sankar P <sankar.curiosity@...il.com>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@...eros.com>
Cc:	Luis Rodriguez <Luis.Rodriguez@...eros.com>,
	Vasanth Thiagarajan <Vasanth.Thiagarajan@...eros.com>,
	Sujith Manoharan <Sujith.Manoharan@...eros.com>,
	Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@...eros.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: kmemleak: Change kmemleak default buffer size

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez
<lrodriguez@...eros.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Sankar P <sankar.curiosity@...il.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez
>> <lrodriguez@...eros.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:01:51PM -0700, Sankar P wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:26 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez
>>>> <lrodriguez@...eros.com> wrote:
>>>> > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:31:11AM -0700, Sankar P wrote:
>>>> >> 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.
>>>> >
>>>> > Oh wow, what part of the world is that? Interesting.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It is in a place called "Tamil Nadu" in India. See
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_name (First paragraph end)
>>>
>>> Odd, I visited Tamil Nadu for a while and met quite a few folks who
>>> have full last names, like the ones Cc'd. Does this differ between
>>> area or what?
>>>
>>
>> Thiagarajan, Manoharan, Balasubramanian <= these are all first names.
>> Probably they are using their Father's full name as their last name.
>
> And their first names are what then?
>

What I mean is:

Senthil Balasubramanian : Senthil is the person's first name.
"Balasubramanian" is his father's first name, which Mr.Senthil uses as
his last name. Mr Balasubramanian (who is senthil's father) will have
a name like: Balasubramanian Paramasivan, where "Paramasivan" is the
first name of Senthil's grandfather. (Paramasivan is a hypothetical
name here).

Such a Father's-first-name-as-last-name is a very common thing in
Tamil Nadu, India. Some people use the full firstname of father as the
last name, while some other just use the first letter, as it might
cause name conflicts. For instance, if a postal-mail is sent to "Mr.
Balasubramanian" then the postman will want to deliver it to Senthil's
father and not Senthil.

I hope I explained it clearly this time :-)

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