Re: POSSIBLE BUG: Debugging Not Automatically Activated in Slab.c

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Joseph D. Wagner wrote:

| Before I submit this as an actually bug, I'd like the input of some people
| who know a little more about the Slab Allocator and Kernel Debugging.
|
| The Slab Allocator includes this line:
|
| #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB
|
| in slab.c (line 89) to activate debugging.
|
| However, I couldn't find anywhere in the code where CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is
| linked to CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL.  In other words, setting the kernel as a
| debug kernel doesn't automatically set the Slab Allocator to debug too.

CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is a separate option, listed under the
Kernel Hacking config menu (Debug memory allocations).

| 1) Am I missing something?
|
| 2) Is this intentional or by design?

Design.

| If this is an actually bug, it can be fixed by inserting the following code
| in slab.h immediately following the #include statements:
|
| #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL
| #define CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB
| #endif

Nope, just enable it.

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~Randy