linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] meminit fix for v5.3-rc2

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Date:   Sun, 28 Jul 2019 12:50:18 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] meminit fix for v5.3-rc2

On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 12:43 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> Side note: I find "meminit" a confusing description for the structleak
> thing.

Not that 'structleak' is all that much better, because it's not
necessarily just about structs either.

'stack variable initialization' is too long. I dunno. But it's more
about "variables" (and in the case of kmalloc etc - perhaps
'allocations') than "memory", I feel.

The point is that in the kernel we do memory management and memory
initialization, and that's something very different.

                     Linus