2014-03-10 10:44 GMT+05:30 m silverstri <michael.j.silverstri@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > I am developing a kernel driver. What should I test to make sure my > kernel driver is not leaking memory? > 1. under normal operation (when applications open and close my driver properly) > 2. in error situation (when application open my driver and then it > crashes without close my driver property) > > How can I find out the memory usage used by my driver? so that I can > monitor it over time. > I have earlier come across a similar situation and kmemleak was very helpful. I documented my steps and you may find it useful: http://psankar.blogspot.in/2010/11/detecting-memory-leaks-in-kernel.html -- Sankar P http://psankar.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
