linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.33.2 kmalloc-8 slab leaks ~512 objects per second

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Message-ID: <201005121404.49720.tvrtko.ursulin@sophos.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 May 2010 14:04:48 +0100
From:	Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...hos.com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
Subject: Re: 2.6.33.2 kmalloc-8 slab leaks ~512 objects per second

On Wednesday 12 May 2010 14:00:51 Pekka Enberg wrote:
> [snip]
>
> You might want to try out the built-in kernel memory leak detector.
> See Documentation/kmemleak.txt for details how to enable it and use
> it.

Thanks for the suggestion, I will have to try it out once but not this time :)
because 2.6.34-rc7 seems to be fine, or in other words not leaking.

Tvrtko

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