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| author | Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> | 2007-07-16 08:38:14 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-07-16 18:05:36 +0200 |
| commit | f0630fff54a239efbbd89faf6a62da071ef1ff78 (patch) | |
| tree | 4004adc3adf4dbe1a6188ca0bbd56f7606d4d05f /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
| parent | invalidate_mapping_pages(): add cond_resched (diff) | |
| download | linux-f0630fff54a239efbbd89faf6a62da071ef1ff78.tar.xz linux-f0630fff54a239efbbd89faf6a62da071ef1ff78.zip | |
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 38 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 4344f69ae24a..8916410307f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1580,35 +1580,39 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file 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] |