Re: [PATCH] kmap tracking

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Zach Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>  Randy.Dunlap wrote:
>  > From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
>  > 
>  > Track kmap/kunmap call history, storing caller function address,
>  > action, and time (jiffies), if CONFIG_DEBUG_KMAP is enabled.
>  > Based on a patch to 2.4.21 by Zach Brown that was used successfully
>  > at Oracle to track down some kmap/kunmap problems.
> 
>  Thanks for bringing this to 2.6.. sorry for the lag in reviewing.

I was scratching my head over this patch trying to think of any bug in
recent years which it would have detected.  I failed.

So...  what's the motivator here?
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