Re: 2.6.17-rc5-mm1

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* Martin J. Bligh <[email protected]> wrote:

> >>Grrr. Humpf. I can't see the option being turned on for lockdep ...
> >>what was the config option, and is it enabled by default?
> 
> In the -mm1 patch:
> 
>  config DEBUG_MUTEXES
> -       bool "Mutex debugging, deadlock detection"
> -       default n
> +       bool "Mutex debugging, basic checks"
> +       default y
> 
> Please don't do thatas a default.

but ... i fixed the performance problem that caused the previous 
DEBUG_MUTEXES scalability problems. (there's no global mutex list 
anymore) We also default to e.g. DEBUG_SLAB which is alot more costly.

> It fucks up all the performance checking ;-(

i'm wondering, why doesnt your config have DEBUG_MUTEXES disabled? Then 
'make oldconfig' would pick it up automatically.

	Ingo
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