From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steven Rostedt Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: kill kmemcheck Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:40:34 -0400 Message-ID: <20150311084034.04ce6801@grimm.local.home> References: <1426074547-21888-1-git-send-email-sasha.levin@oracle.com> <20150311081909.552e2052@grimm.local.home> <55003666.3020100@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <55003666.3020100@oracle.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Sasha Levin Cc: LKML , linux-mm@kvack.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:34:46 -0400 Sasha Levin 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 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com ([107.14.166.229]:59787 "EHLO cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752116AbbCKMkp (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:40:45 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:40:34 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: kill kmemcheck Message-ID: <20150311084034.04ce6801@grimm.local.home> In-Reply-To: <55003666.3020100@oracle.com> References: <1426074547-21888-1-git-send-email-sasha.levin@oracle.com> <20150311081909.552e2052@grimm.local.home> <55003666.3020100@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Sasha Levin Cc: LKML , linux-mm@kvack.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20150311124034.uX8yby9Mwg99zwUVGsd8cIElcSo66HObKh3uT17Ok8E@z> On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:34:46 -0400 Sasha Levin 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