linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: Add section ".ref.data" into kmemleak-scan-area.

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Date:	Tue, 14 May 2013 22:34:40 +0100
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	majianpeng <majianpeng@...il.com>,
	"lizefan@...wei.com" <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: Add section ".ref.data" into kmemleak-scan-area.

Rusty,

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 03:24:09AM +0100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> majianpeng <majianpeng@...il.com> writes:
> 
> > In commit 523c81135,it used "__refdata" on event_class_ftrace_##call.
> > It will cause kmemleak to misjudge because when loading module it did
> > not add '.ref.data' into kmemleak-scan-area.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jianpeng Ma <majianpeng@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  kernel/module.c |    3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Catalin?
> 
> Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>

I forgot to ask - are you picking up this patch or would like me to push
upstream? The patch got some more testing on a separate thread:

Tested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

Thanks.

-- 
Catalin
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