Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759319Ab0FJOsZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:48:25 -0400 Received: from cam-admin0.cambridge.arm.com ([217.140.96.50]:34786 "EHLO cam-admin0.cambridge.arm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759188Ab0FJOsY (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:48:24 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ARM: module - additional unwind tables for exit/devexit sections From: Catalin Marinas To: Phil Carmody Cc: linux@arm.linux.org.uk, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1275567442-11370-4-git-send-email-ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com> References: <1275567442-11370-4-git-send-email-ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: ARM Limited Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:48:16 +0100 Message-ID: <1276181296.24535.51.camel@e102109-lin.cambridge.arm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Jun 2010 14:48:16.0937 (UTC) FILETIME=[F5F93190:01CB08AB] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 769 Lines: 19 On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 13:17 +0100, Phil Carmody wrote: > Without these, exit functions cannot be stack-traced, so to speak. > This implies that module unloads that perform allocations (don't > laugh) will cause noisy warnings on the console when kmemleak is > enabled, as it presumes that all code's call chains are traceable. > Similarly, BUGs and WARN_ONs will give additional console spam. > > Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody Acked-by: Catalin Marinas -- Catalin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/