linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ARM: module - additional unwind tables for exit/devexit sections

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Message-ID: <1276181296.24535.51.camel@e102109-lin.cambridge.arm.com>
Date:	Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:48:16 +0100
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@...ia.com>
Cc:	linux@....linux.org.uk, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ARM: module - additional unwind tables for
 exit/devexit sections

On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 13:17 +0100, Phil Carmody wrote:
> Without these, exit functions cannot be stack-traced, so to speak.
> This implies that module unloads that perform allocations (don't
> laugh) will cause noisy warnings on the console when kmemleak is
> enabled, as it presumes that all code's call chains are traceable.
> Similarly, BUGs and WARN_ONs will give additional console spam.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@...ia.com>

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>

-- 
Catalin

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