linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mm/mem_encrypt: fix a crash with kmemleak

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Date:   Tue, 23 Apr 2019 10:16:46 -0400
From:   Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:     dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, luto@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mm/mem_encrypt: fix a crash with kmemleak_scan

On Tue, 2019-04-23 at 15:25 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> So I guess free_init_pages() should be somehow telling kmemleak, "hey,
> just freed that object, pls adjust your tracking lists" no?
> 
> Because, otherwise, if we start sprinkling those kmemleak_free_part()
> calls everywhere, that'll quickly turn into a game of whack-a-mole. And
> we don't need that especially if kmemleak can easily be taught to handle
> such cases.

In reality, this is only the second place that needs this kmemleak_free_part()
call for all those years since kmemleak was born.