Re: [PATCH] mm: kill kmemcheck

On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:49:52 +1100
Michael Ellerman [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

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