On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 10:41:07PM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB
> CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER
> CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
> CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
>
> The resulting kernel boots and runs just fine (no Oops) and leaves
> nothing in dmesg.
> So, without the debugging options it appears to the user that
> everything is OK - nasty.
DEBUG_PAGEALLOC in particular is *fantastic* at making bugs hide.
I've lost many an hour trying to pin bugs down due to that.
Dave
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