linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 01/11] kmemleak: Add the base support

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Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:19:45 +0200
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Catalin Marinas" <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cl@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 01/11] kmemleak: Add the base support

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote:
> OK, but I don't really see any fundamental reason why we couldn't do
> this. I mean, from my point of view, it would be better to add
> specialized hooks (i.e. separate allocation paths for the kmemleak hooks
> that avoid any issues) inside the SLAB allocators rather than invent a
> separate allocator. As an example,

Oops, I don't know where that "as an example" part came from so just
ignore it. :-)
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