linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] kmemleak: allow freeing internal objects after kmemleak was disabled

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Message-ID: <53354D68.6040800@huawei.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:22:32 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] kmemleak: allow freeing internal objects after
 kmemleak was disabled

>> +	if (!kmemleak_has_leaks)
>> +		__kmemleak_do_cleanup();
>> +	else
>> +		pr_info("Disable kmemleak without freeing internal objects, "
>> +			"so you may still check information on memory leaks. "
>> +			"You may reclaim memory by writing \"clear\" to "
>> +			"/sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak\n");
> 
> Alternative text:
> 
> 		pr_info("Kmemleak disabled without freeing internal data. "
> 			"Reclaim the memory with \"echo clear > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak\"\n");
> 
> (I'm wouldn't bother with long lines in printk strings)
> 
> Otherwise:
> 
> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> 

Thanks for the review!

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