Re: [patch 1/2] debugobjects: extend debugobjects to assert that an object is initialized

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, akpm@google.com wrote:

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> From: Christine Chan <cschan@codeaurora.org>
> Subject: debugobjects: extend debugobjects to assert that an object is initialized
> 
> Add new check (assert_init) to make sure objects are initialized and
> tracked by debugobjects.

When is this function to be called and what problem does it solve
which is not handled by the current code?
 
> +	int (*fixup_assert_init)(void *addr, enum debug_obj_state state);
>  };
>  
>  /**
> + * debug_object_assert_init - debug checks when object should be init-ed
> + * @addr:	address of the object
> + * @descr:	pointer to an object specific debug description structure
> + */
> +void debug_object_assert_init(void *addr, struct debug_obj_descr *descr)
> +{
> +	struct debug_bucket *db;
> +	struct debug_obj *obj;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	if (!debug_objects_enabled)
> +		return;
> +
> +	db = get_bucket((unsigned long) addr);
> +
> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&db->lock, flags);
> +
> +	obj = lookup_object(addr, db);
> +	if (!obj) {
> +		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&db->lock, flags);
> +		/*
> +		 * Maybe the object is static.  Let the type specific
> +		 * code decide what to do.
> +		 */
> +		debug_object_fixup(descr->fixup_assert_init, addr,
> +				   ODEBUG_STATE_NOTAVAILABLE);

So what's the point of requiring that function to return a value when
it's unchecked?

Thanks,

	tglx