linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] kmemcheck updates (for -tip)

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Date:	Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:45:30 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
Cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] kmemcheck updates (for -tip)


* Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Here comes next batch of kmemcheck patches. Temporary work-around for
> x86_64 is to not track >4k pages. It would be nice to have this sorted
> out properly, but there is not enough time for me to look into it at
> the moment.
> 
> The following changes since commit 4b7f562ea9736b8b111ffeb60a7311075ce76849:
>   Ingo Molnar (1):
>         kmemcheck: build fix
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vegard/kmemcheck.git for-tip
> 
> Vegard Nossum (4):
>       kmemcheck: hide/show pages in each iteration of a REP instruction #2
>       kmemcheck: lazy checking for MOVS instructions
>       Revert "kmemcheck: use set_memory_4k() instead of disabling PSE"
>       x86: use REP MOVS instruction for memcpy if kmemcheck is enabled
> 
>  arch/x86/Makefile                 |    5 ++
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c      |    7 ++
>  arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S         |    2 +-
>  arch/x86/mm/init_32.c             |    2 +-
>  arch/x86/mm/kmemcheck/kmemcheck.c |  127 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  include/asm-x86/string_32.h       |    8 +++
>  include/asm-x86/string_64.h       |    8 +++
>  mm/kmemcheck.c                    |    8 +++
>  8 files changed, 159 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

pulled into tip/kmemcheck, thanks Vegard!

	Ingo
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