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| author | Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il> | 2010-08-09 17:20:53 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-08-09 20:45:08 -0700 |
| commit | e3f76e3386ee38e3654e81c2f3933ccca1f2d639 (patch) | |
| tree | 180f192f01aca166b30a1f1a119e9d0e9fb3714b /lib | |
| parent | 55817d3d5c480f96589359c10ad93fa2e707a029 (diff) | |
| download | linux-e3f76e3386ee38e3654e81c2f3933ccca1f2d639.tar.bz2 | |
list debugging: warn when deleting a deleted entry
Use the magic LIST_POISON* values to detect an incorrect use of list_del
on a deleted entry. This DEBUG_LIST specific warning is easier to
understand than the generic Oops message caused by LIST_POISON
dereference.
Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/list_debug.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/list_debug.c b/lib/list_debug.c index 1a39f4e3ae1f..344c710d16ca 100644 --- a/lib/list_debug.c +++ b/lib/list_debug.c @@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__list_add); */ void list_del(struct list_head *entry) { + WARN(entry->next == LIST_POISON1, + "list_del corruption, next is LIST_POISON1 (%p)\n", + LIST_POISON1); + WARN(entry->next != LIST_POISON1 && entry->prev == LIST_POISON2, + "list_del corruption, prev is LIST_POISON2 (%p)\n", + LIST_POISON2); WARN(entry->prev->next != entry, "list_del corruption. prev->next should be %p, " "but was %p\n", entry, entry->prev->next); |