Hi... On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 00:10, Sankar P <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have an out of tree kernel module with the source: > > static __init int hello_init(void) > { > char *ptr; > ptr = vmalloc(512); > ptr = vmalloc(512); > ptr = vmalloc(512); > > printk(KERN_ALERT "Hello World"); > > return 0; > } > > Now I compile this file (hello.c) using my Makefile as follows: > > EXTRA_CFLAGS=-g > obj-m := hello-kernel.o > hello-kernel-objs := hello.o > > > Now if I insmod my hello-kernel.ko file and then do a `cat > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak` I get an output: > > unreferenced object 0xf8211000 (size 512): > comm "insmod", pid 9602, jiffies 3666022 (age 1553.469s)
That's because the code path that causes the leak is running on behalf of "insmod" process.... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
