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 | |
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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