Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760942AbXFBOny (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 10:43:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759509AbXFBOns (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 10:43:48 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:51698 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759473AbXFBOnr (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 10:43:47 -0400 Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:43:48 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Christoph Lameter Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg , Dave Jones Subject: Re: Conditionals for development tests and output Message-ID: <20070602144348.GD5500@stusta.de> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1136 Lines: 34 On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 09:17:53PM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > This introduces > > CONFIG_DEVELKERNEL > > If CONFIG_DEVELKERNEL is set then this is a development kernel. > Otherwise the kernel to be built is a a production kernel. >... I have two problems with your patch: First, there will be a slub/slab specific mechanism for debug code controlled by a parameter in the Makefile plus the common CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL approach used by most other debug options. We need one approach for all options. And your approach could easily result in code paths never tested in -mm or -rc kernels exploding in the actual release. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/