Re: [patch 0/5] object debugging infrastructure V2

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Mar 05 2008 - 20:51:19 EST


On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 04:03:33PM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> This is version 2 of the object debugging infrastructure. Changes
> versus V1:
>
> - review comments processed:
> - multiplexing interfaces replaced
> - object type is determined by a caller provided pointer to
> a debug structure which replaces the object type identifier
> -> No changes to the core code for new users
> - new debug state "destroyed" (kobject wishlist)
> - various cleanups
>
> - complete detachment of the tracker object from the real object
> (no change to the real objects data structure necessary anymore)
>
> - improved robustness (object memory management, oom cleanup)
>
> - full set of self tests
>
> - debugfs statistics
>
> - docbook documentation

Here's a patch adding kobjects to this infrastructure (I didn't use a
new CONFIG option, which it probably should be.)

Does this look correct? I can't tell if this is going to catch
anything, as my trees all seem to have these kinds of bugs worked out
now, as we are already catching a number of these types of things
already with kobjects.

Should I be doing more checks? Different things based on the state of
the object?

thanks,

greg k-h

-------------------

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Subject: kobjects: hook them up to the debugobjects infrastructure

I think this is right, but it's hard to tell...

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
lib/kobject.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 53 insertions(+)

--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -18,8 +18,59 @@
#include <linux/stat.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/debugobjects.h>
#include <asm-generic/sections.h>

+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS
+static int kobject_fixup_init(void *addr, enum debug_obj_state state)
+{
+ struct kobject *kobj = addr;
+
+ switch (state) {
+ case ODEBUG_STATE_ACTIVE:
+ printk("kobject: '%s' (%p): is being initialized after "
+ "it was already active\n", kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
+ return 1;
+ default:
+ return 0;
+ }
+}
+
+static int kobject_fixup_destroy(void *addr, enum debug_obj_state state)
+{
+ struct kobject *kobj = addr;
+
+ switch (state) {
+ case ODEBUG_STATE_ACTIVE:
+ printk("kobject: '%s' (%p): is being destroyed yet it is "
+ "still active\n", kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
+ return 1;
+ default:
+ return 0;
+ }
+}
+
+static struct debug_obj_descr kobject_debug_descr = {
+ .name = "kobjects",
+ .fixup_init = kobject_fixup_init,
+ .fixup_destroy = kobject_fixup_destroy,
+};
+
+static void debug_kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+ debug_object_init(kobj, &kobject_debug_descr);
+}
+
+static void debug_kobject_destroy(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+ debug_object_destroy(kobj, &kobject_debug_descr);
+}
+
+#else
+static inline void debug_kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj) { }
+static inline void debug_kobject_destroy(struct kobject *kobj) { }
+#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
static int ptr_in_range(void *ptr, void *start, void *end)
{
@@ -202,6 +253,7 @@ static void kobject_init_internal(struct
{
if (!kobj)
return;
+ debug_kobject_init(kobj);
kref_init(&kobj->kref);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kobj->entry);
kobj->state_in_sysfs = 0;
@@ -599,6 +651,7 @@ static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobje
pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __FUNCTION__);

+ debug_kobject_destroy(kobj);
if (t && !t->release)
pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): does not have a release() "
"function, it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
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