SLUB: support slub_debug on by default
Add a new configuration variable
CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON
If set then the kernel will be booted by default with slab debugging
switched on. Similar to CONFIG_SLAB_DEBUG. By default slab debugging
is available but must be enabled by specifying "slub_debug" as a
kernel parameter.
Also add support to switch off slab debugging for a kernel that was
built with CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON. This works by specifying
slub_debug=-
as a kernel parameter.
Dave Jones wanted this feature.
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118072189913045&w=2
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: clean up switch statement]
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 4344f69..8916410 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1580,35 +1580,39 @@
slram= [HW,MTD]
- slub_debug [MM, SLUB]
- Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the culprit
- if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling slub_debug
- creates guard zones around objects and poisons objects
- when not in use. Also tracks the last alloc / free.
- For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
+ slub_debug[=options[,slabs]] [MM, SLUB]
+ Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
+ culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
+ slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
+ may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
+ last alloc / free. For more information see
+ Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
- Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs. Setting
- this too high may cause fragmentation.
- For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
+ Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
+ A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
+ fragmentation. For more information see
+ Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
slub_min_objects= [MM, SLUB]
- The minimum objects per slab. SLUB will increase the
- slab order up to slub_max_order to generate a
- sufficiently big slab to satisfy the number of objects.
- The higher the number of objects the smaller the overhead
- of tracking slabs.
+ The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
+ increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
+ generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
+ the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
+ of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
+ and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
slub_min_order= [MM, SLUB]
Determines the mininum page order for slabs. Must be
- lower than slub_max_order
+ lower than slub_max_order.
For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
slub_nomerge [MM, SLUB]
- Disable merging of slabs of similar size. May be
+ Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
- allocs to different slabs.
+ allocs to different slabs. Debug options disable
+ merging on their own.
For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
smart2= [HW]