help
          Enable this to turn on debugging of RCU list heads (call_rcu() usage).
 
+config DEBUG_OBJECTS_PERCPU_COUNTER
+       bool "Debug percpu counter objects"
+       depends on DEBUG_OBJECTS
+       help
+         If you say Y here, additional code will be inserted into the
+         percpu counter routines to track the life time of percpu counter
+         objects and validate the percpu counter operations.
+
 config DEBUG_OBJECTS_ENABLE_DEFAULT
        int "debug_objects bootup default value (0-1)"
         range 0 1
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/debugobjects.h>
 
 static LIST_HEAD(percpu_counters);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(percpu_counters_lock);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_PERCPU_COUNTER
+
+static struct debug_obj_descr percpu_counter_debug_descr;
+
+static int percpu_counter_fixup_free(void *addr, enum debug_obj_state state)
+{
+       struct percpu_counter *fbc = addr;
+
+       switch (state) {
+       case ODEBUG_STATE_ACTIVE:
+               percpu_counter_destroy(fbc);
+               debug_object_free(fbc, &percpu_counter_debug_descr);
+               return 1;
+       default:
+               return 0;
+       }
+}
+
+static struct debug_obj_descr percpu_counter_debug_descr = {
+       .name           = "percpu_counter",
+       .fixup_free     = percpu_counter_fixup_free,
+};
+
+static inline void debug_percpu_counter_activate(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
+{
+       debug_object_init(fbc, &percpu_counter_debug_descr);
+       debug_object_activate(fbc, &percpu_counter_debug_descr);
+}
+
+static inline void debug_percpu_counter_deactivate(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
+{
+       debug_object_deactivate(fbc, &percpu_counter_debug_descr);
+       debug_object_free(fbc, &percpu_counter_debug_descr);
+}
+
+#else  /* CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_PERCPU_COUNTER */
+static inline void debug_percpu_counter_activate(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
+{ }
+static inline void debug_percpu_counter_deactivate(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
+{ }
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_PERCPU_COUNTER */
+
 void percpu_counter_set(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount)
 {
        int cpu;
        fbc->counters = alloc_percpu(s32);
        if (!fbc->counters)
                return -ENOMEM;
+
+       debug_percpu_counter_activate(fbc);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fbc->list);
        mutex_lock(&percpu_counters_lock);
        if (!fbc->counters)
                return;
 
+       debug_percpu_counter_deactivate(fbc);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
        mutex_lock(&percpu_counters_lock);
        list_del(&fbc->list);