Re: [PATCH 00/40] Memory allocation profiling

Tejun Heo
2023-05-04T02:16:54Z

Hello,

On Wed, May 03, 2023 at 01:08:40PM -0700, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> > Yeah, I was wondering whether it'd be useful to have that configurable so
> > that it'd be possible for a user to say "I'm okay with the cost, please
> > track more context per allocation".
>
> I assume by "more context per allocation" you mean for a specific
> allocation, not for all allocations.
> So, in a sense you are asking if the context capture feature can be
> dropped from this series and implemented using some other means. Is
> that right?

Oh, no, what I meant was whether it'd make sense to allow enable richer
tracking (e.g. record deeper into callstack) for all allocations. For
targeted tracking, it seems that the kernel already has everything needed.
But this is more of an idle thought and the immediate caller tracking is
already a big improvement in terms of visibility, so no need to be hung up
on this part of discussion at all.

Thanks.

--
tejun