> > > Maybe Jens should use something like WAITQUEUE_DEBUG if he want to
know
> > > where alloc_skb and friends were called, see include/linux/wait.h 8)
> > Do you mean I should use something LIKE the WAITQUEUE_DEBUG (eg.
> > implementing something like that in skbuff.c) or I should use
> > WAITQUEUE_DEBUG?
> no, just use the same idea that is used to debug wait_queues
OK, then I interpreted the code in wait.h right ;)
> > Are there any examples how to use the WAITQUEUE_DEBUG?
> oops, I mean the __waker thing, for debugging you could get the address
of
> the caller with current_text_addr() and store it in an extra sk_buff
field
> so that later on you could know who create the skb.
But where should I fill this field in the sk_buff? I know that alloc_skb
creates an sk_buff, so this would be of no use for me. Or do you mean to
add something like that to the initialization of the sk_buff struct, like a
"long allocator = current_text_addr()" in skbuff.h? Is something like this
possible? I'm not sure about it....
> About the example of WAITQUEUE_DEBUG:
>
> after being awaken you could do this:
> dprintk("sleeper=%p, waker=%lx\n",
> current_text_addr(), wait.__waker);
> in a inline function does the trick, but this is just an example of a
> function that uses an extra debug field in a structure that is alocated
> somewhere and you want to know who allocated it later on.
> Yes, you'll have to decode the address from syslog, gotcha?
But the __waker member is filled by a macro from wait.h, if I had seen it
right. Where would you issue such a dprintk call?
Sorry about my missing knowledge about wait queues, but I don't get the
point where to fill the member. That I could print it later on, thats
clear, but how to fill it?
CU,
Jens
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