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SubjectRe: Conditionals for development tests and output
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

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