Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Mar 2006 16:55:15 -0500 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: Slab corruption in 2.6.16-rc5-mm2 |
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On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 10:41:07PM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB > CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER > CONFIG_DEBUG_VM > CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC > > The resulting kernel boots and runs just fine (no Oops) and leaves > nothing in dmesg. > So, without the debugging options it appears to the user that > everything is OK - nasty.
DEBUG_PAGEALLOC in particular is *fantastic* at making bugs hide. I've lost many an hour trying to pin bugs down due to that.
Dave
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