Thanks Sankar. If I just modify .config file to enable CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK, how can I 'Increase the config option "Maximum kmemleak early log entires" value to a sufficiently large number like 1200. The default value of 400 may not work correctly in all configurations.'? On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Sankar P <sankar.curiosity@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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
