From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755652AbYKTMMR (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:12:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754756AbYKTMMD (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:12:03 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:55227 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754722AbYKTMMB (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:12:01 -0500 Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:11:50 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Catalin Marinas Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 10/11] kmemleak: Simple testing module for kmemleak Message-ID: <20081120121150.GF20724@elte.hu> References: <20081120112903.16607.68902.stgit@pc1117.cambridge.arm.com> <20081120113124.16607.98121.stgit@pc1117.cambridge.arm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081120113124.16607.98121.stgit@pc1117.cambridge.arm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Catalin Marinas wrote: > This patch adds a loadable module that deliberately leaks memory. It > is used for testing various memory leaking scenarios. please also trigger a kmemleak pass about 60 seconds after bootup and trigger a warning that gets into the kernel log - and which can be picked up by automated testing. I'd like to give kmemleak a try on x86 if it has such a debug feature. Ingo