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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:03:18 +0200
From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH RESEND -next 00/21] Address sanitizer for kernel
 (kasan) - dynamic memory error detector.
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> FWIW, I definitely agree with this -- if KASAN can do everything that
> kmemcheck can, it is no doubt the right way forward.

Thanks

BTW I didn't want to sound like I'm against kmemcheck. It is a very
useful tool and was impressive work given the constraints (no help from
the compiler)

-andi

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