Further results for kmalloc from linux-tracecalls

2005-01-24 Thread Carl Spalletta
It was erroneously asserted by Horst von Brand that 'linux-tracecalls' "can not find where a function could be called through a pointer" On the contrary, almost all the chains are terminated with a callback function, somewhat fewer with an init function, and fewest of all with a sy

Linux-tracecalls, a clarification

2005-01-21 Thread Carl Spalletta
e to the OOP-in-C style in the kernel) it has no chance. Dear Doctor von Brand, I believe the following should clear up your misunderstanding, perhaps due to my poor original choice of words. Carl Spalletta PATCH #2 --- lnxtc-2.6.10.pl-2005-01-21 00:16:33.0 -0500 +++ lnxtc-2.6.10.

Mutation of kernel memory management

2005-01-20 Thread Carl Spalletta
http://www.linuxrd.com/~carl/linux-tracecalls/KMALLOC.html#analysis - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/l

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Linux-tracecalls, a new tool for Kernel development, released

2005-01-20 Thread Carl Spalletta
--- Horst von Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If it can't find out where a function could be called through a pointer > (very common due to the OOP-in-C style in the kernel) it has no chance. Dear Horst, No chance of what? You do raise an interesting point. Linux-tracecalls already does

Re: Linux-tracecalls, a new tool for Kernel development, released

2005-01-19 Thread Carl Spalletta
Only five minutes old, and already a patch ;) --- lnxtc.pl-old 2005-01-19 12:09:00.0 -0800 +++ lnxtc.pl-new 2005-01-19 12:09:38.0 -0800 @@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ $debug = 0; } +$ENV{'PATH'}='/bin:/usr/bin'; #Redirect standard error to logfile (fatals also to browser)

[ANNOUNCE] Linux-tracecalls, a new tool for Kernel development, released

2005-01-19 Thread Carl Spalletta
>From http://www.linuxrd.com/~carl/cgi-bin/lnxtc.pl?help "'LINUX-TRACECALLS' finds all call chains leading to a given function in the Linux kernel, to some arbitrary depth. It consists of two parts - a set of specially prepared cscope databases for the kernel source tree, and a perl program, 'ln

Re: Linux Kernel Urgently Needed-Open Source Projects

2001-06-27 Thread Carl Spalletta
On Monday July 25, 2001 Jasmin Brown wrote: >Aufgaben: >permanente Anpassung wichtiger Systemkomponenten an unsere et cetera Since nobody jumped on the improbably named Yasmin Brown & Jill Simmons for daring to post a classified within these hallowed precincts, I submit herewith my own contribu