linux-kernel - Re: kmemleak hexdump proposal

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Date:	Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:19:34 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...l.by>
Cc:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: kmemleak hexdump proposal

Hi Sergey,

On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 13:19 +0300, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> Well, it's not easy to come up with something strong. 
> I agree, that stack gives you almost all you need.
> 
> HEX dump can give you a _tip_ in case you're not sure. 

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against it in any way. If Catalin is
interested in merging this kind of functionality, go for it! You might
want to consider unconditionally enabling the hexdump. If the
information is valuable, we should print it all the time.

			Pekka

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