Re: [PATCH] mm: kill kmemcheck

Steven Rostedt
2015-03-12T13:47:54Z

On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:49:52 +1100
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> wrote:
>
> >From Documentation/kasan.txt:
>
> therefore you will need a certain version of GCC > 4.9.2
>
> AFAIK gcc 4.9.3 hasn't been released yet. (Or does it mean >= 4.9.2 ?)

It means 4.9.2. I also feel that this makes it too premature to remove
kmemcheck, as not everyone (including myself) has the latest and
greatest gcc on their systems.

>
> Can we perhaps wait until there is a released version of GCC that supports
> KASan? And maybe then a touch longer so folks can test it works on their
> platforms?
>

Note, I replied to this cutting out the Cc's to the individuals so that
it can have a wider audience! (figure out what I mean by that). You can
see my reply on LKML (hint, you wont see the original email, or this
current thread for that matter).

-- Steve
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