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SubjectRe: kmemleak hexdump proposal
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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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