Index: linux-2.6.14-rc2/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.14-rc2.orig/Makefile	2005-09-22 10:30:58.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.14-rc2/Makefile	2005-09-22 10:44:02.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 14
-EXTRAVERSION = -rc2-git1
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc2-git1-debug
 NAME=Affluent Albatross
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*
Index: linux-2.6.14-rc2/kernel/kthread.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.14-rc2.orig/kernel/kthread.c	2005-09-19 20:00:41.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.14-rc2/kernel/kthread.c	2005-09-22 10:52:59.000000000 -0700
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (
 		vsnprintf(create.result->comm, sizeof(create.result->comm),
 			  namefmt, args);
 		va_end(args);
-	}
+	} else
+		printk(KERN_CRIT "Error in kthread_create %s err=%d\n", namefmt, PTR_ERR(create.result));
 
 	return create.result;
 }
Index: linux-2.6.14-rc2/kernel/workqueue.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.14-rc2.orig/kernel/workqueue.c	2005-09-19 20:00:41.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.14-rc2/kernel/workqueue.c	2005-09-22 11:11:08.000000000 -0700
@@ -309,8 +309,10 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__create_workqu
 	struct task_struct *p;
 
 	wq = kzalloc(sizeof(*wq), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!wq)
+	if (!wq) {
+		printk(KERN_CRIT "cw: kzalloc failed.\n");
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	wq->name = name;
 	/* We don't need the distraction of CPUs appearing and vanishing. */
@@ -318,8 +320,10 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__create_workqu
 	if (singlethread) {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wq->list);
 		p = create_workqueue_thread(wq, 0);
-		if (!p)
+		if (!p) {
+			printk(KERN_CRIT "cw: create_workqueue_tread failed (single).\n");
 			destroy = 1;
+		}
 		else
 			wake_up_process(p);
 	} else {
@@ -331,8 +335,10 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__create_workqu
 			if (p) {
 				kthread_bind(p, cpu);
 				wake_up_process(p);
-			} else
+			} else {
+				printk(KERN_CRIT "cw: create_workqueue_tread failed.\n");
 				destroy = 1;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	unlock_cpu_hotplug();
Index: linux-2.6.14-rc2/mm/slab.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.14-rc2.orig/mm/slab.c	2005-09-22 11:21:07.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.14-rc2/mm/slab.c	2005-09-22 11:44:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -2523,13 +2523,16 @@ static inline void *__cache_alloc(kmem_c
 		STATS_INC_ALLOCHIT(cachep);
 		ac->touched = 1;
 		objp = ac->entry[--ac->avail];
+//		printk(KERN_CRIT "__cache_alloc: cache hit objp=%p\n",objp);
 	} else {
 		STATS_INC_ALLOCMISS(cachep);
 		objp = cache_alloc_refill(cachep, flags);
+//		printk(KERN_CRIT "__cache_alloc: refill objp=%p\n",objp);
 	}
 	local_irq_restore(save_flags);
 	objp = cache_alloc_debugcheck_after(cachep, flags, objp,
 					__builtin_return_address(0));
+	BUG_ON(!objp);
 	prefetchw(objp);
 	return objp;
 }
@@ -2906,8 +2909,10 @@ void *__kmalloc(size_t size, unsigned in
 	 * functions.
 	 */
 	cachep = __find_general_cachep(size, flags);
-	if (unlikely(cachep == NULL))
+	if (unlikely(cachep == NULL)) {
+		printk(KERN_CRIT "__kmalloc: Unable to find slab for size = %d\n", size);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 	return __cache_alloc(cachep, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc);