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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)
tree4004adc3adf4dbe1a6188ca0bbd56f7606d4d05f /lib/Kconfig.debug
parentfc9a07e7bf1a76e710f5df017abb07628db1781d (diff)
downloadlinux-f0630fff54a239efbbd89faf6a62da071ef1ff78.tar.gz
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/Kconfig.debug')
-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