Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.154]:48061 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759262Ab0D3St6 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:49:58 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so225224fga.1 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:49:56 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <201004282252.07424.pedrogfrancisco@gmail.com> References: <201004230806.13628.pedrogfrancisco@gmail.com> <201004241828.37489.pedrogfrancisco@gmail.com> <201004282252.07424.pedrogfrancisco@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:17:00 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: ath5k misbehaving affecting other kernel parts unrelated? From: Vegard Nossum To: Pedro Francisco Cc: me@bobcopeland.com, "John W. Linville" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, mickflemm@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > A Sexta, 23 de Abril de 2010 17:37:03 me@bobcopeland.com escreveu: > -snip >> Advice for debugging: turn on slub/slab debug options, and possibly >> kmemcheck.  kmemcheck was very helpful for me last time I had such >> a corruption issue. > > I can't seem to find the "kmemcheck: trap use of uninitialized memory" option > in make menuconfig, section Kernel Hacking, though a search shows it should be > there. Most likely you need to disable "Optimize for size", under "General setup" in the main menu to make it appear. But it could also be one of the other dependencies; check the "Depends on" line of KMEMCHECK when you do the search. Vegard