Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: kmemleak hexdump proposal | From | Catalin Marinas <> | Date | Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:38:00 +0100 |
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On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 13:19 +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote: > On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 13:19 +0300, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote: > > Well, it's not easy to come up with something strong. > > I agree, that stack gives you almost all you need. > > > > HEX dump can give you a _tip_ in case you're not sure. > > Don't get me wrong, I'm not against it in any way. If Catalin is > interested in merging this kind of functionality, go for it! You might > want to consider unconditionally enabling the hexdump. If the > information is valuable, we should print it all the time.
Though I prefer to do as much as possible in user space, I think this feature would be useful.
Anyway, I may not include it before the next merging window (when is actually the best time for new features). Currently, my main focus is on reducing the false positives.
-- Catalin
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