linux-kernel - Re: How to check for memory leaks

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Message-ID: <493E3275.4030905@cetrtapot.si>
Date:	Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:55:17 +0100
From:	Hinko Kocevar <hinko.kocevar@...rtapot.si>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to check for memory leaks

Larry Finger wrote:
> What is the best way to check if there is a memory leak?
> 
> If I start a ping running on my system using the rtl8187 driver, and nothing
> else active on my system, I see an increase in the "slab" value in /proc/meminfo
> of about 65 kB/minute. Is this indicative of a memory leak? When I run the same
> test with p54usb, the increase is only 20 kB/min.
> 

Also see cat /proc/slabinfo (you need to compile some debugging feature to get access to 
/proc/slabinfo).

HTTH,
Hinko

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