Re: [PATCH 3/3] ARM: module - additional unwind tables forexit/devexit sections

From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Thu Jun 10 2010 - 10:48:29 EST


On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 13:17 +0100, Phil Carmody wrote:
> Without these, exit functions cannot be stack-traced, so to speak.
> This implies that module unloads that perform allocations (don't
> laugh) will cause noisy warnings on the console when kmemleak is
> enabled, as it presumes that all code's call chains are traceable.
> Similarly, BUGs and WARN_ONs will give additional console spam.
>
> Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>

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Catalin

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