Search Linux Wireless

Re: [PATCH 1/6] wireless: Add memory usage debugging.

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The bss objects are reference counted, and the ies
> are also tricky to keep track of.  Add option to
> track allocation and freeing of the ies and bss objects,
> and add debugfs files to show the current objects.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[...]

> +config CFG80211_MEM_DEBUGGING
> +	bool "cfg80211 memory debugging logic"
> +	default n
> +	depends on CFG80211_DEBUGFS
> +	---help---
> +	  Enable this if you want to debug memory handling for bss and ies
> +	  objects.  New debugfs files: ieee80211/all_ies and all_bss will
> +	  be created to display these objects.  This has a moderate CPU cost
> +	  and uses a bit more memory than normal, but otherwise is not very
> +	  expensive.
> +
> +	  If unsure, say N.

IMHO having a new Kconfig option is overkill. Can we use something more
generic, like CFG80211_DEVELOPER_WARNINGS, for this?

-- 
Kalle Valo
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html




[Index of Archives]     [Linux Host AP]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Wireless Personal Area Network]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Linux Kernel]     [IDE]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite Hiking]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]

  Powered by Linux