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Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 22:59:41 +0000 From: "Simmons, James A." <simmonsja@...l.gov> To: "'Drokin, Oleg'" <oleg.drokin@...el.com> CC: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>, "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "HPDD-discuss@...ts.01.org" <HPDD-discuss@...1.01.org> Subject: RE: [HPDD-discuss] [PATCH 2/11] Staging: lustre: fld: Use kzalloc and kfree >> Yes the LARGE functions do the switching. I was expecting also patches to remove the >> OBD_ALLOC_LARGE functions as well which is not the case here. I do have one question still. The >> macro __OBD_MALLOC_VERBOSE allowed the ability to simulate memory allocation failures at >> a certain percentage rate. Does something exist in the kernel to duplicate that functionality? >> Once these macros are gone we lose the ability to simulate high memory allocation failures. > >Yes, there are things like https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/12/25/64 >So I think the API is even riher compared to what our old wrapper code was able to do. We should look to integrating that into the test suite. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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