From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753857Ab0FYJKM (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:10:12 -0400 Received: from mail.atheros.com ([12.36.123.2]:54071 "EHLO mail.atheros.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752612Ab0FYJKJ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:10:09 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:10:07 -0700 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: Sankar P CC: Luis Rodriguez , Vasanth Thiagarajan , Sujith Manoharan , Senthilkumar Balasubramanian , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: kmemleak: Change kmemleak default buffer size Message-ID: <20100625091007.GA10672@tux> References: <1277189909-16376-1-git-send-email-sankar.curiosity@gmail.com> <20100622165509.GB11336@tux> <20100624185614.GA6031@tux> <20100624191218.GC6031@tux> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:27:10PM -0700, Sankar P wrote: > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez > wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Sankar P wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez > >> wrote: > >>> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:01:51PM -0700, Sankar P wrote: > >>>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:26 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:31:11AM -0700, Sankar P wrote: > >>>> >> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez > >>>> >> wrote: > >>>> >> > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:58:29PM -0700, Sankar P wrote: > >>>> >> >> If we try to find the memory leaks in kernel that is > >>>> >> >> compiled with 'make defconfig', the default buffer size > >>>> >> >> seem to be inadequate. Change the buffer size from > >>>> >> >> 400 to 1000, which is sufficient in most cases. > >>>> >> >> > >>>> >> >> Signed-off-by: Sankar P > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > What's your full name? Please read the "Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1" > >>>> >> > It says: > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > then you just add a line saying > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> >        Signed-off-by: Random J Developer > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.) > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > Also you may want to post on a new thread instead of using this old thread > >>>> >> > unless the maintainer is reading this and wants to pick it up. > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > >>>> >> In our part of the world, we dont have lastnames. We just use the > >>>> >> first letter of our father's name as the last name. > >>>> > > >>>> > Oh wow, what part of the world is that? Interesting. > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> It is in a place called "Tamil Nadu" in India. See > >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_name (First paragraph end) > >>> > >>> Odd, I visited Tamil Nadu for a while and met quite a few folks who > >>> have full last names, like the ones Cc'd. Does this differ between > >>> area or what? > >>> > >> > >> Thiagarajan, Manoharan, Balasubramanian <= these are all first names. > >> Probably they are using their Father's full name as their last name. > > > > And their first names are what then? > > > > What I mean is: > > Senthil Balasubramanian : Senthil is the person's first name. > "Balasubramanian" is his father's first name, which Mr.Senthil uses as > his last name. Mr Balasubramanian (who is senthil's father) will have > a name like: Balasubramanian Paramasivan, where "Paramasivan" is the > first name of Senthil's grandfather. (Paramasivan is a hypothetical > name here). > > Such a Father's-first-name-as-last-name is a very common thing in > Tamil Nadu, India. Some people use the full firstname of father as the > last name, while some other just use the first letter, as it might > cause name conflicts. For instance, if a postal-mail is sent to "Mr. > Balasubramanian" then the postman will want to deliver it to Senthil's > father and not Senthil. > > I hope I explained it clearly this time :-) Indeed, thanks, so the letter only last name is really more of an exemption? Or is it really common as well? Luis