Re: [PATCH 1/2] kmemcheck v3

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> 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