linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel/kprobes: add check to avoid memory leaks

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Date:   Mon, 30 Oct 2017 19:34:39 +0800
From:   Bixuan Cui <cuibixuan@...wei.com>
To:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Libin (Huawei)" <huawei.libin@...wei.com>,
        "kangwen (A)" <kangwen1@...wei.com>,
        "Leizhen (ThunderTown)" <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>,
        <ananth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>,
        <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/kprobes: add check to avoid memory leaks

On 2017/10/30 12:42, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> I don't like this kind of check, since this is obviously caller's bug.
> Why doesn't each caller check this?
Thank you for your answer.

Thanks,
Bixuan Cui