linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] kmemcheck: Switch to using kernel disassembler

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Message-ID: <534CEB0D.6020709@iki.fi>
Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2014 11:17:17 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@....fi>
To:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>, vegard.nossum@...cle.com,
	penberg@...nel.org
CC:	jamie.iles@...cle.com, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, x86@...nel.org,
	masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] kmemcheck: Switch to using kernel disassembler

On 04/14/2014 08:44 PM, Sasha Levin wrote:
> kmemcheck used to do it's own basic instruction decoding, which is
> just a duplication of the work done in arch/x86/lib/insn.c.
>
> Instead, switch it to using the already existing dissasembler, and
> switch the magic opcode numbers into something meaningful.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>

Vegard probably should take a closer look at this but:

Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
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