Re: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: kmemleak: describe the metadata pool, not the early log

From: Catalin Marinas

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 05:42:55 EST


On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 06:47:35AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> commit c5665868183f ("mm: kmemleak: use the memory pool for early
> allocations") removed the early log buffer in favour of a static pool of
> kmemleak_object structures, but the documentation still describes the
> old mechanism.
>
> Fix the documentation by describing what the pool actually is, matching
> the Kconfig help text.
>
> Fixes: c5665868183f ("mm: kmemleak: use the memory pool for early allocations")
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>