linux-kernel - memory leak in case of Kernel module

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Message-ID: <9bde694e1002260244u25cfa332l82c488702e4b9900@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:14:22 +0530
From:	naveen yadav <yad.naveen@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: memory leak in case of Kernel module

Hi all,

I need small clarification, If I have a kernel module and in init I
create some memory using vmalloc. and i do not free it. I exit from
the module.

what happen to this allocated memory. Will kernel handle it and do free.

Regards
Naveen
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