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authorChristoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>2007-07-15 23:38:14 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-07-16 09:05:36 -0700
commitf0630fff54a239efbbd89faf6a62da071ef1ff78 (patch)
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SLUB: support slub_debug on by default
Add a new configuration variable CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON If set then the kernel will be booted by default with slab debugging switched on. Similar to CONFIG_SLAB_DEBUG. By default slab debugging is available but must be enabled by specifying "slub_debug" as a kernel parameter. Also add support to switch off slab debugging for a kernel that was built with CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON. This works by specifying slub_debug=- as a kernel parameter. Dave Jones wanted this feature. http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118072189913045&w=2 [akpm@linux-foundation.org: clean up switch statement] Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index fab32a286371..640844024ffd 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -152,6 +152,19 @@ config DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK
bool "Memory leak debugging"
depends on DEBUG_SLAB
+config SLUB_DEBUG_ON
+ bool "SLUB debugging on by default"
+ depends on SLUB && SLUB_DEBUG
+ default n
+ help
+ Boot with debugging on by default. SLUB boots by default with
+ the runtime debug capabilities switched off. Enabling this is
+ equivalent to specifying the "slub_debug" parameter on boot.
+ There is no support for more fine grained debug control like
+ possible with slub_debug=xxx. SLUB debugging may be switched
+ off in a kernel built with CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON by specifying
+ "slub_debug=-".
+
config DEBUG_PREEMPT
bool "Debug preemptible kernel"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PREEMPT && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT