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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/6] BC: beancounters core (API)
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On Wednesday 23 August 2006 13:03, Kirill Korotaev wrote:

> +#ifdef CONFIG_BEANCOUNTERS
> +extern struct hlist_head bc_hash[];
> +extern spinlock_t bc_hash_lock;

I wonder who pokes into that hash from other files? Looks a bit dangerous.

> +void __put_beancounter(struct beancounter *bc);
> +static inline void put_beancounter(struct beancounter *bc)
> +{
> + __put_beancounter(bc);
> +}

The wrapper seems pointless too.

The file could use a overview comment what the various counter
types actually are.

> + bc_print_id(bc, uid, sizeof(uid));
> + printk(KERN_WARNING "BC %s %s warning: %s "

Doesn't this need some rate limiting? Or can it be only triggered
by code bugs?


> + bc = &default_beancounter;
> + memset(bc, 0, sizeof(default_beancounter));

You don't trust the BSS to be zero? @)

-Andi
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