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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 1501aa553221..444e1c12fea9 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -981,6 +981,25 @@ config DEBUG_KOBJECT If you say Y here, some extra kobject debugging messages will be sent to the syslog. +config DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE + bool "kobject release debugging" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + help + kobjects are reference counted objects. This means that their + last reference count put is not predictable, and the kobject can + live on past the point at which a driver decides to drop it's + initial reference to the kobject gained on allocation. An + example of this would be a struct device which has just been + unregistered. + + However, some buggy drivers assume that after such an operation, + the memory backing the kobject can be immediately freed. This + goes completely against the principles of a refcounted object. + + If you say Y here, the kernel will delay the release of kobjects + on the last reference count to improve the visibility of this + kind of kobject release bug. + config HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE bool |