Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:07:04 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [0/2] vmalloc: Add /proc/vmallocinfo to display mappings |
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:23:30 +0900 KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote: > > > The following two patches implement /proc/vmallocinfo. /proc/vmallocinfo > > displays data about the vmalloc allocations. The second patch introduces > > a tracing feature that allows to display the function that allocated the > > vmalloc area. > > > > Example: > > > > cat /proc/vmallocinfo
argh, please don't top-post.
(undoes it)
> > Hi > > Great. > it seems very useful. > and, I found no bug. > > Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
I was just about to ask whether we actually need the feature - I don't recall ever having needed it, nor do I recall seeing anyone else need it.
Why is it useful?
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