linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] trace: Fix a kmemleak noise

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Date:   Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:16:16 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Chen Jun <chenjun102@...wei.com>
Cc:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <mingo@...hat.com>,
        <rui.xiang@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trace: Fix a kmemleak noise

On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:08:01 +0000
Chen Jun <chenjun102@...wei.com> wrote:

> The reason is elts->pages[i] is alloced by get_zeroed_page.
> and kmemleak will not scan the area alloced by get_zeroed_page.
> The address stored in elts->pages will be regarded as leaked.

Why doesn't kmemleak scan get_zeroed_page? And if that's the case, how does
all the other locations in the kernel that call get_zeroed_page handle this?

-- Steve