Re: [PATCH 1/2] kmemcheck v3

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat Feb 09 2008 - 04:34:17 EST



* Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Yes, this is true. Then our task is to make sure that this memory is
> > never allocated from tracked caches. We do have some changes in this
> > area, for instance we never track task structs. Keep in mind that
> > only slab objects are tracked currently, so things like stacks never
> > catch page faults. I am not sure if this is exactly what you had in
> > mind, but I don't know other kernel code very well enough to come up
> > with perhaps more relevant examples :-)
>
> Given that you don't seem to handle networking yet I wonder how many
> cases you really tested so far.

you are wrong about no networking support: i have booted up a full
distro config on real hardware with full networking, etc.

Ingo
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