Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] slub: Force on no_hash_pointers when slub_debug is enabled

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On Wed 2021-05-26 15:27:37, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Petr Mladek (2021-05-26 06:47:23)
> > On Wed 2021-05-26 12:48:47, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> > > On 5/26/21 4:56 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > > > Obscuring the pointers that slub shows when debugging makes for some
> > > > confusing slub debug messages:
> > > >
> > > >  Padding overwritten. 0x0000000079f0674a-0x000000000d4dce17
> > > >
> > > > I opted for extern because I guess we don't want to advertise
> > > > no_hash_pointers_enable() in some sort of header file? It can be put in
> > > > a header file
> > >
> > > Hm looks like the bots disagree. I suppose a declaration right above definition
> > > in lib/vsprintf.c would silence them, but I'll leave it to printk maintainers if
> > > they would prefer that way or traditionally
> > > include/linux/kernel.h
> >
> > I slightly prefer to put it into kernel.h. I expect that some more
> > debugging facilities would want to enable this in the future.
> > But I would accept even the "ugly" declaration in vsprintf.c.
> 
> Ok no problem. Would printk.h be more appropriate?

kernel.h looks more appropriate to me. vsprintf-related are there and
no_hash_pointers is implemented and handled in vsprintf.c.

Best Regards,
Petr




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