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diff --git a/Documentation/kmemleak.txt b/Documentation/kmemleak.txt index b6e39739a36d..6c18be97f3dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/kmemleak.txt +++ b/Documentation/kmemleak.txt @@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ Memory scanning parameters can be modified at run-time by writing to the (default 600, 0 to stop the automatic scanning) scan - trigger a memory scan clear - clear list of current memory leak suspects, done by - marking all current reported unreferenced objects grey + marking all current reported unreferenced objects grey, + or free all kmemleak objects if kmemleak has been disabled. dump=<addr> - dump information about the object found at <addr> Kmemleak can also be disabled at boot-time by passing "kmemleak=off" on @@ -120,6 +121,18 @@ Then as usual to get your report with: # cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak +Freeing kmemleak internal objects +--------------------------------- + +To allow access to previosuly found memory leaks after kmemleak has been +disabled by the user or due to an fatal error, internal kmemleak objects +won't be freed when kmemleak is disabled, and those objects may occupy +a large part of physical memory. + +In this situation, you may reclaim memory with: + + # echo clear > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak + Kmemleak API ------------ |