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From: "Li,Rongqing(ACG CCN)" <lirongqing@baidu.com>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
	"Christoph Lameter (Ampere)" <cl@gentwo.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>, Harry Yoo <harry@kernel.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>, David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
	"linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Subject: 答复: [????] Re: [PATCH] mm/mempool: use static key for boot-time debug enablement
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 07:57:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ba0c2d92642e4d38bdf403faecb5b1d7@baidu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ahd5mIMCnI4DQFn9@casper.infradead.org>

> > > > Please clean this mess up.
> > >
> > > Isn't that what this patch does?
> >
> > Its not marked as fixing something nor as addressing the weirdness of
> > using CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON here, A kernel build with
> > CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON can still boot without debugging if a certain
> > kernel command line option is given.
> 
> Right, but ... if you look at what the patch _does_, doesn't it do what you're
> asking for it to do?

Hi Matthew, Christoph,

Matthew, thanks a lot for standing up for the code logic! I really appreciate your support 
on this.

Christoph, thank you for pointing out the semantic gaps. To address your concerns, 
I have completely rewritten the commit message to focus strictly on untangling 
the CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON abuse and switching to mempool's own runtime parameter.

Here is the revised commit message:

---
mm/mempool: Untangle CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON abuse and switch to static key

The mempool subsystem historically wrapped its debugging logic inside an
#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON block. This abused the config's intent (which
merely defines compile-time defaults for SLUB) and caused two flaws:

1. On production kernels where CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y but CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON=n,
   mempool debugging was completely truncated at compile time.
2. On kernels with CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON=y, mempool debugging stayed active
   even if a user explicitly disabled debugging at boot time.

Clean up this mess by removing the #ifdef and switching to a runtime static
key (mempool_debug_enabled), allowing mempool debugging to be toggled cleanly
via its own boot parameter.

Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
---

Does this revised text look good to you? If so, I will officially send out V2.

Thanks,

[Li,Rongqing] 




      reply	other threads:[~2026-05-28  7:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-27 10:46 [PATCH] mm/mempool: use static key for boot-time debug enablement lirongqing
2026-05-27 13:03 ` Usama Arif
2026-05-27 16:43   ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-05-28  3:00   ` 答复: [外部邮件] " Li,Rongqing(ACG CCN)
2026-05-28 10:33     ` Usama Arif
2026-05-28 10:50       ` 答复: " Li,Rongqing(ACG CCN)
2026-05-28 12:59         ` Usama Arif
2026-05-27 20:06 ` Andrew Morton
2026-05-28  7:54   ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-05-27 21:29 ` Christoph Lameter (Ampere)
2026-05-27 22:13   ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-05-27 23:06     ` Christoph Lameter (Ampere)
2026-05-27 23:09       ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-05-28  7:57         ` Li,Rongqing(ACG CCN) [this message]

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