linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: _edata should include all .data.* sections on X86

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:23:00 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:	Alexey Fisher <bug-track@...her-privat.net>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: _edata should include all .data.* sections on
	X86_64

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:52:55AM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> The .data.read_mostly and .data.cacheline_aligned sections aren't
> covered by the _sdata .. _edata range on X86_64. This affects the
> kmemleak reporting leading to possible false positives by not scanning
> all the whole data section.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> ---

To do so was on my todo list when I looked at vmlinux.lds.S for x86, but
as I got sidetracked I never got to it. Which I see was bad..
This patch has my:

Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>

	Sam
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