Re: [PATCH 2/4] kmemleak: Scan the _ftrace_events section in modules

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Tue Oct 20 2009 - 20:18:02 EST


On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:09:20 pm Catalin Marinas wrote:
> Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:19:29 am Catalin Marinas wrote:
> >> This section contains pointers to allocated objects and not scanning it
> >> leads to false positives.
> >
> > Thanks, applied. Want me to push this for 2.6.32?
>
> This patch requires 1/4 to be applied as it changes the kmemleak API a
> bit, so it won't even compile on its own. I can push them both
> together with your ack for the second.
>
> I'm not sure whether API changes make sense during -rc releases, I was
> more thinking of pushing the patches for 2.6.33.

Definitely 2.6.33 material. And if it's tied to your other patches, best
for you to hold them all.

Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Rusty.
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