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* tools to identify bugs in driver
@ 2011-05-12  4:34 Amit Nagal
  2011-05-12  4:49 ` Greg KH
  2011-05-12  7:58 ` Daniel Baluta
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Amit Nagal @ 2011-05-12  4:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kernelnewbies

Hi ,

What are the mandatory tools that must be run to identify potential
bugs ( say memory , locking etc )
in a linux device driver ?

Regards
Amit Nagal

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* tools to identify bugs in driver
  2011-05-12  4:34 tools to identify bugs in driver Amit Nagal
@ 2011-05-12  4:49 ` Greg KH
  2011-05-12  7:58 ` Daniel Baluta
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Greg KH @ 2011-05-12  4:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kernelnewbies

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:04:04AM +0530, Amit Nagal wrote:
> Hi ,
> 
> What are the mandatory tools that must be run to identify potential
> bugs ( say memory , locking etc )
> in a linux device driver ?

Turn lockdep and the kernel memory leak detector and run your driver and
see what happens.

Have you tried that?

thanks,

greg k-h

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* tools to identify bugs in driver
  2011-05-12  4:34 tools to identify bugs in driver Amit Nagal
  2011-05-12  4:49 ` Greg KH
@ 2011-05-12  7:58 ` Daniel Baluta
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Baluta @ 2011-05-12  7:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kernelnewbies

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Amit Nagal <helloin.amit@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> What are the mandatory tools that must be run to identify potential
> bugs ( say memory , locking etc )
> in a linux device driver ?

Turning on DEBUG_SLAB might be a good option.
Have a look for all available options under make menuconfig's
Kernel Hacking section.

thanks,
Daniel.

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