linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kmemleak: build kmemleak-test.c as a module-only

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Message-ID: <AANLkTim3-6vrS8uEEm+jsuSJ64z_Edq40+MqF-m2ve5=@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:02:02 +0300
From:	Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...il.com>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, rdunlap@...otime.net
Cc:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, fweisbec@...il.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	penberg@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kmemleak: build kmemleak-test.c as a module-only

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Daniel Baluta <dbaluta@...acom.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Catalin Marinas
> <catalin.marinas@....com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 18:16 +0000, Daniel Baluta wrote:
>>> mm/kmemleak-test.c is used to provide an example of how kmemleak
>>> tool works.
>>>
>>> Memory is leaked at module unload-time, so building the test
>>> in kernel (Y) makes the leaks impossible and the test useless.
>>>
>>> Qualify DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_TEST config symbol with "depends on m",
>>> to restrict module-only building.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <dbaluta@...acom.com>
>>
>> Sorry for the delay.
>>
>> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
>
> Who should pick this up?
>
> $ scripts/get_maintainer.pl lib/this.patch says:
> Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> (commit_signer:8/56=14%)
> "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> (commit_signer:7/56=12%)
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> (commit_signer:5/56=9%)
> Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com> (commit_signer:5/56=9%)
> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net> (commit_signer:3/56=5%)

Catalin, Randy since lib/Kconfig.debug has no official maintainer
I think this should go up through your trees.

thanks,
Daniel.
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