Re: [PATCH] mm/slab: add a leak decoder callback

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On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 04:30:52PM +0000, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2013, Liu Bo wrote:
> 
> > This adds a leak decoder callback so that kmem_cache_destroy()
> > can use to generate debugging output for the allocated objects.
> 
> Interesting idea.
> 
> > @@ -3787,6 +3789,9 @@ static int slab_unmergeable(struct kmem_cache *s)
> >  	if (s->ctor)
> >  		return 1;
> >
> > +	if (s->decoder)
> > +		return 1;
> > +
> >  	/*
> >  	 * We may have set a slab to be unmergeable during bootstrap.
> >  	 */
> 
> The merge processing occurs during kmem_cache_create and you are setting
> up the decoder field afterwards! Wont work.

You're right, I miss the lock part.

thanks,
liubo

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