From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail191.messagelabs.com (mail191.messagelabs.com [216.82.242.19]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1E0CF6B01C3 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:47:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: by fxm15 with SMTP id 15so2543428fxm.14 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:47:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Sankar P Subject: [PATCH] kmemleak: config-options: Default buffer size for kmemleak Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:16:43 +0530 Message-Id: <1277196403-20836-1-git-send-email-sankar.curiosity@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C20702C.1080405@cs.helsinki.fi> References: <1277189909-16376-1-git-send-email-sankar.curiosity@gmail.com> <4C20702C.1080405@cs.helsinki.fi> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: penberg@cs.helsinki.fi Cc: lethal@linux-sh.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lrodriguez@atheros.com, catalin.marinas@arm.com, rnagarajan@novell.com, teheo@novell.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, mingo@elte.hu, akpm@linux-foundation.org, Sankar P List-ID: If we try to find the memory leaks in kernel that is compiled with 'make defconfig', the default buffer size of DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE seem to be inadequate. Change the buffer size from 400 to 1000, which is sufficient for most cases. Signed-off-by: Sankar P --- Thanks to Pekka Enberg's comments on my previous mail, I am sending a better patch, and adding new reviewers as suggested by the get_maintainer script. lib/Kconfig.debug | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index e722e9d..5eb9463 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE int "Maximum kmemleak early log entries" depends on DEBUG_KMEMLEAK range 200 40000 - default 400 + default 1000 help Kmemleak must track all the memory allocations to avoid reporting false positives. Since memory may be allocated or -- 1.6.4.2 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org