From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: How to check for memory leaks
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:18:12 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <493D9D24.8080406@lwfinger.net> (raw)
What is the best way to check if there is a memory leak?
If I start a ping running on my system using the rtl8187 driver, and nothing
else active on my system, I see an increase in the "slab" value in /proc/meminfo
of about 65 kB/minute. Is this indicative of a memory leak? When I run the same
test with p54usb, the increase is only 20 kB/min.
Thanks,
Larry
next reply other threads:[~2008-12-08 22:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-08 22:18 Larry Finger [this message]
2008-12-08 22:33 ` How to check for memory leaks Frédéric Weisbecker
2008-12-09 1:38 ` J.R. Mauro
2008-12-09 1:45 ` Larry Finger
2008-12-09 1:49 ` Larry Finger
2008-12-09 8:55 ` Hinko Kocevar
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