linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] make kmemleak scan __ro_after_init section (was: Re: [PATCH 0/5] genetlink improvements)

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Message-ID: <20161103204936.xntik7gkybxg34np@localhost>
Date:   Thu, 3 Nov 2016 14:49:36 -0600
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
Cc:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] make kmemleak scan __ro_after_init section (was: Re:
 [PATCH 0/5] genetlink improvements)

On Wed, Nov 02, 2016 at 11:47:55PM +0000, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> I realized that kmemleak is not scanning the __ro_after_init section...
> Following patch solves the false positives but I wonder if it's the
> right/acceptable solution.

Thanks for putting this together. I actually hit a similar issue on
arm64 but didn't get the chance to fix it (also at LPC). With a proper
commit message, feel free to add:

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