netdev - Re: [PATCH] mm: kill kmemcheck

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Message-ID: <20150311084034.04ce6801@grimm.local.home>
Date:	Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:40:34 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: kill kmemcheck

On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:34:46 -0400
Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com> wrote:

> Fair enough. We knew there are existing kmemcheck users, but KASan should be
> superior both in performance and the scope of bugs it finds. It also shouldn't
> impose new limitations beyond requiring gcc 4.9.2+.
>

Ouch! OK, then I can't use it. I'm currently compiling with gcc 4.6.3.

It will be a while before I upgrade my build farm to something newer.

-- Steve
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