linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] slub: Enable backtrace for create/delete points.

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1010061527560.6878@router.home>
Date:	Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:32:43 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] slub:  Enable backtrace for create/delete points.

On Wed, 6 Oct 2010, greearb@...delatech.com wrote:

> This patch attempts to grab a backtrace for the creation
> and deletion points of the slub object.  When a fault is
> detected, we can then get a better idea of where the item
> was deleted.

We have had patches like that for SLAB in the past. The backtrace was
typically limited to 4 entries I believe.
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