linux-ext4 - Re: ext4 memory leak (was Re: [PATCH] x86: _edata should include all .data.* sections on X86

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Date:	Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:30:01 +0200
From:	Alexey Fisher <bug-track@...her-privat.net>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ext4 memory leak (was Re: [PATCH] x86: _edata should include
 all .data.* sections on X86_64)

Ingo Molnar schrieb:
> * Alexey Fisher <bug-track@...her-privat.net> wrote:
> 
>> This patch work for me.
> 
> nice. Any leftovers that might be false positives and need 
> annotation?
> 
> We learned this with lockdep: the moment a typical x86 distro bootup 
> is 'warnings free', utility of the debugging facility increases 
> dramatically: people can standardize on 'kmemleak should never 
> produce warnings' workflows and distros can also start feeding 
> kmemleak reports into kerneloops.org or so.
> 
> So the general direction kmemleak is moving into is really 
> encouraging.
> 
> 	Ingo

suddenly my kernel is not warning free... i have still warning about 
acpi_init, cpufreg, intel_gem and inoitfy on my PC and about firmware 
loader on my laptop. So i think there is still some job to do. I will 
report this warnings soon.
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