linux-kernel - Re: memory leak in case of Kernel module

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:16:47 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:	naveen yadav <yad.naveen@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: memory leak in case of Kernel module

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 04:14:22PM +0530, naveen yadav wrote:
> 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.
> 

No.  You need to free your memory explicitly.

regards,
dan carpenter

> 
> Regards
> Naveen
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