> -----Original Message----- > From: Bhuvan Kumarmital (WT01 - Semiconductors & Consumer > Electronics) > To: 'kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: Expertise required:USB bulk-throughput and memory > leak detection > > > My team is developing a device driver for a PCMCIA based > USB device. We're currently trying to test the performance of > our driver. However we're unable to figure out a reliable methods of: > 1.) detecting memory leaks caused by our driver code. > 2.) Neither have we been able to find a tool which shows % > utilisation of kernel memory used by our driver.(kernel > memory monitoring) > 3.) Throughput calculation of bulk data transfer is also not > precise. We still rely on measuring time on stop watch, while > Transferring data. > > About the memory monitoring, there are quite a few tools > available at the application level (like free and top which > are available with the operating system itself). But none for > the kernel level. > > Please suggest other feasible ways of detecting leaks and > monitoring kernel memory utilisation for kernel 2.6.15.4 on > fedora core 4. > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
