How to check if my kernel driver is leaking memory

[m silverstri]

Thanks Sankar.

If I just modify .config file to enable CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK, how can
I 'Increase the config option "Maximum kmemleak early log entires"
value to a sufficiently large number like 1200. The default value of
400 may not work correctly in all configurations.'?

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Sankar P <sankar.curiosity at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2014-03-10 10:44 GMT+05:30 m silverstri <michael.j.silverstri at gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am developing a kernel driver. What should I test to make sure my
>> kernel driver is not leaking memory?
>> 1. under normal operation (when applications open and close my driver properly)
>> 2. in error situation (when application open my driver and then it
>> crashes without close my driver property)
>>
>> How can I find out the memory usage used by my driver? so that I can
>> monitor it over time.
>>
>
> I have earlier come across a similar situation and kmemleak was very helpful.
>
> I documented my steps and you may find it useful:
>
> http://psankar.blogspot.in/2010/11/detecting-memory-leaks-in-kernel.html
>
>
> --
> Sankar P
> http://psankar.blogspot.com