* memory leak in case of Kernel module
@ 2010-02-26 10:44 naveen yadav
2010-02-26 12:16 ` Dan Carpenter
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From: naveen yadav @ 2010-02-26 10:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hi all,
I need small clarification, If I have a kernel module and in init I
create some memory using vmalloc. and i do not free it. I exit from
the module.
what happen to this allocated memory. Will kernel handle it and do free.
Regards
Naveen
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* Re: memory leak in case of Kernel module
2010-02-26 10:44 memory leak in case of Kernel module naveen yadav
@ 2010-02-26 12:16 ` Dan Carpenter
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From: Dan Carpenter @ 2010-02-26 12:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: naveen yadav; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 04:14:22PM +0530, naveen yadav wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I need small clarification, If I have a kernel module and in init I
> create some memory using vmalloc. and i do not free it. I exit from
> the module.
>
> what happen to this allocated memory. Will kernel handle it and do free.
>
No. You need to free your memory explicitly.
regards,
dan carpenter
>
> Regards
> Naveen
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