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

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Message-ID: <4CACE1B0.5000409@candelatech.com>
Date:	Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:53:04 -0700
From:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] slub:  Enable backtrace for create/delete points.

On 10/06/2010 01:32 PM, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> 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.

Even 8 didn't show enough to be useful in my case, so I bumped it to 16,
but it would be easier to edit a #define than re-hack the entire
patch each time someone wanted such a thing...

Thanks,
Ben

-- 
Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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