linux-kernel - Re: Possible memory leak in net/wireless/scan.c

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Date:	Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:06:53 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Possible memory leak in net/wireless/scan.c

On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 18:04 +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm investigating several kmemleak reports like the one below (it could
> as well be a false positive but it needs more digging):

By the way, what kind of machine do you need for kmemleak to be
feasible? I tried booting a kernel with it in kvm on my 2 ghz laptop,
and that was completely unfeasible.

johannes

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