Re: [PATCH v5 repost] debugobjects: print more data

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Mar 08 2011 - 04:05:45 EST


On Mon, 7 Mar 2011, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:

> On complex subsystems like mac80211, structures may include many timers
> and works. In such case, based only on call trace and object type is
> hard to conclude where bug could possibly be.
>
> Patch extend debug object descriptor to additional debug hint function.
> If defined, it return address, which have associated kernel symbol (i.e.
> hrtimer->function pointer). We print that symbol when bug is detected,
> to identify the object.
>
> Patch contains debug hint methods for timer_list, work_struct
> and hrtimer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Cc Andrew, perhaps this could be merged through mm?

It's on my list. I just was away for a few days.

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