netdev - Re: [PATCH] kref: add function for reading kref value

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Date:	Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:41:34 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, adobriyan@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kref: add function for reading kref value

Le lundi 12 décembre 2011 à 17:39 +0200, Daniel Baluta a écrit :

> Ok, for the moment it seems to be a bad idea. But my intention is
> to integrate kref to networking code, and then to write a general
> debugging tool for refs.
> 
> Tracking down reference count problems is hard, and this tool can
> really help everyone.

I dont think kref will help you that much, because its used everywhere.

Adding a general debugging tool will provide too much noise.

Instead, we (network dev) add debugging points where we want.



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