I got below messages in 2.6.32-rc4 . # dmesg | grep kmemleak [ 7.612391] kmemleak: Kernel memory leak detector initialized [ 7.615675] kmemleak: Automatic memory scanning thread started [ 78.641096] kmemleak: 13 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak) # cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak unreferenced object 0xdac2c478 (size 32): comm "swapper", pid 1, jiffies 4294894406 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 30 3a 30 3a 32 3a 30 00 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 0:0:2:0.ZZZZZZZZ 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a a5 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. backtrace: [<c10d3944>] create_object+0xe4/0x220 [<c1322663>] kmemleak_alloc+0x83/0xd0 [<c10d01d4>] __kmalloc+0x1b4/0x220 [<c11ab450>] kvasprintf+0x30/0x60 [<c11a3131>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x21/0x60 [<c11f8cd9>] dev_set_name+0x19/0x20 [<c122c2b3>] scsi_sysfs_device_initialize+0xc3/0x120 [<c1228ac4>] scsi_alloc_sdev+0x194/0x230 [<c1229b50>] scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0x320/0x340 [<c122a477>] __scsi_scan_target+0xb7/0x100 [<c122a5f6>] scsi_scan_channel+0x86/0xa0 [<c122a6f9>] scsi_scan_host_selected+0xe9/0x150 [<c122aabc>] do_scsi_scan_host+0x7c/0x80 [<c122ab6d>] scsi_scan_host+0x8d/0x90 [<c1520c75>] BusLogic_init+0x355/0x420 [<c100105c>] do_one_initcall+0x2c/0x1d0 (...snipped...) unreferenced object 0xdac2cc58 (size 32): comm "swapper", pid 1, jiffies 4294894414 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 30 3a 30 3a 31 35 3a 30 00 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 0:0:15:0.ZZZZZZZ 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a a5 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. backtrace: [<c10d3944>] create_object+0xe4/0x220 [<c1322663>] kmemleak_alloc+0x83/0xd0 [<c10d01d4>] __kmalloc+0x1b4/0x220 [<c11ab450>] kvasprintf+0x30/0x60 [<c11a3131>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x21/0x60 [<c11f8cd9>] dev_set_name+0x19/0x20 [<c122c2b3>] scsi_sysfs_device_initialize+0xc3/0x120 [<c1228ac4>] scsi_alloc_sdev+0x194/0x230 [<c1229b50>] scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0x320/0x340 [<c122a477>] __scsi_scan_target+0xb7/0x100 [<c122a5f6>] scsi_scan_channel+0x86/0xa0 [<c122a6f9>] scsi_scan_host_selected+0xe9/0x150 [<c122aabc>] do_scsi_scan_host+0x7c/0x80 [<c122ab6d>] scsi_scan_host+0x8d/0x90 [<c1520c75>] BusLogic_init+0x355/0x420 [<c100105c>] do_one_initcall+0x2c/0x1d0 In my environment, 0:0:0:0 and 0:0:1:0 are used by SCSI hard disks, 0:0:7:0 is reserved. 0:0:X:0 (where X = 2-6, 8-15) are unused and reported as memory leak. After applying http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51412/ , above messages no longer appears. Please apply that patch to 2.6.32-rcX as well as 2.6.31.Y . Regards. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html