linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2] iommu/amd: gray the 'irq_remap

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Message-ID: <20151202125636.GE18805@8bytes.org>
Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 2015 13:56:36 +0100
From:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:	Michael Wang <yun.wang@...fitbricks.com>
Cc:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@...il.com>,
	iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2] iommu/amd: gray the 'irq_remap_table' object for
 kmemleak

On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 01:31:38PM +0100, Michael Wang wrote:
> It's not my work or your work... it's a defect in the module and maintainer
> should take responsibility on fixing it, correct?

No, its a false positive from an in-kernel checking tool, the iommu
driver is correct. You just sent a patch to silence the false positive
report.

> We're very willing to help, but as I mentioned we are out of resource for
> testing at this moment, but we can send you a new patch without testing,
> will that works for you?

This should be testable on any AMD IOMMU system with working interrupt
remapping. I will probably have no time to test this, if you really
can't test yourself, try to get a Tested-by from someone else.



	Joerg

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