> Can this patch be permanently integrated into the kernel, either under a
> #ifdef or perhaps even all the time, if the performance hit isn't too bad?
>
> There's a precedence for doing this sort of thing --- for example, the
> process tree verification code.
OK, I'll send it to Linus and see what he thinks. The performance hit
isn't too bad, and it would be helpful to have more people running the
patch to help track this problem down.
Regards,
Bill