linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] slub: Force on no_hash_pointers when slub

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Message-ID: <YK5Rayu+nOoI2QZ4@alley>
Date:   Wed, 26 May 2021 15:47:23 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] slub: Force on no_hash_pointers when slub_debug
 is enabled

On Wed 2021-05-26 12:48:47, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 5/26/21 4:56 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > Obscuring the pointers that slub shows when debugging makes for some
> > confusing slub debug messages:
> > 
> >  Padding overwritten. 0x0000000079f0674a-0x000000000d4dce17
> > 
> > I opted for extern because I guess we don't want to advertise
> > no_hash_pointers_enable() in some sort of header file? It can be put in
> > a header file
> 
> Hm looks like the bots disagree. I suppose a declaration right above definition
> in lib/vsprintf.c would silence them, but I'll leave it to printk maintainers if
> they would prefer that way or traditionally
> include/linux/kernel.h

I slightly prefer to put it into kernel.h. I expect that some more
debugging facilities would want to enable this in the future.
But I would accept even the "ugly" declaration in vsprintf.c.

Best Regards,
Petr