Loading Documentation/kmemleak.txt +22 −6 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ with the difference that the orphan objects are not freed but only reported via /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak. A similar method is used by the Valgrind tool (memcheck --leak-check) to detect the memory leaks in user-space applications. Please check DEBUG_KMEMLEAK dependencies in lib/Kconfig.debug for supported architectures. Kmemleak is supported on x86, arm, powerpc, sparc, sh, microblaze, ppc, mips, s390, metag and tile. Usage ----- Loading Loading @@ -53,7 +51,8 @@ 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 Loading @@ -63,12 +62,16 @@ Memory may be allocated or freed before kmemleak is initialised and these actions are stored in an early log buffer. The size of this buffer is configured via the CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE option. If CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF are enabled, the kmemleak is disabled by default. Passing "kmemleak=on" on the kernel command line enables the function. Basic Algorithm --------------- The memory allocations via kmalloc, vmalloc, kmem_cache_alloc and friends are traced and the pointers, together with additional information like size and stack trace, are stored in a prio search tree. information like size and stack trace, are stored in a rbtree. The corresponding freeing function calls are tracked and the pointers removed from the kmemleak data structures. Loading @@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ The scanning algorithm steps: 1. mark all objects as white (remaining white objects will later be considered orphan) 2. scan the memory starting with the data section and stacks, checking the values against the addresses stored in the prio search tree. If the values against the addresses stored in the rbtree. If a pointer to a white object is found, the object is added to the gray list 3. scan the gray objects for matching addresses (some white objects Loading Loading @@ -120,6 +123,18 @@ Then as usual to get your report with: # cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak Freeing kmemleak internal objects --------------------------------- To allow access to previously 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 ------------ Loading @@ -131,6 +146,7 @@ kmemleak_alloc_percpu - notify of a percpu memory block allocation kmemleak_free - notify of a memory block freeing kmemleak_free_part - notify of a partial memory block freeing kmemleak_free_percpu - notify of a percpu memory block freeing kmemleak_update_trace - update object allocation stack trace kmemleak_not_leak - mark an object as not a leak kmemleak_ignore - do not scan or report an object as leak kmemleak_scan_area - add scan areas inside a memory block Loading Makefile +21 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -594,6 +594,27 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_FRAME_WARN),0) KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wframe-larger-than=${CONFIG_FRAME_WARN}) endif # Handle stack protector mode. ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR stackp-flag := -fstack-protector ifeq ($(call cc-option, $(stackp-flag)),) $(warning Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR: \ -fstack-protector not supported by compiler) endif else ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG stackp-flag := -fstack-protector-strong ifeq ($(call cc-option, $(stackp-flag)),) $(warning Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: \ -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler) endif else # Force off for distro compilers that enable stack protector by default. stackp-flag := $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector) endif endif KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(stackp-flag) # This warning generated too much noise in a regular build. # Use make W=1 to enable this warning (see scripts/Makefile.build) KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-but-set-variable) Loading arch/arm/include/asm/barrier.h +2 −2 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ do { \ compiletime_assert_atomic_type(*p); \ smp_mb(); \ ACCESS_ONCE(*p) = (v); \ WRITE_ONCE(*p, v); \ } while (0) #define smp_load_acquire(p) \ ({ \ typeof(*p) ___p1 = ACCESS_ONCE(*p); \ typeof(*p) ___p1 = READ_ONCE(*p); \ compiletime_assert_atomic_type(*p); \ smp_mb(); \ ___p1; \ Loading arch/arm64/configs/kitakami_satsuki_defconfig +1 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -675,3 +675,4 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_SOMC_FIPS_KSCL=y CONFIG_MISC_FILESYSTEMS=y CONFIG_ECRYPT_FS=y CONFIG_WTL_ENCRYPTION_FILTER=y CONFIG_MSM8994_CPU_VOLTAGE_CONTROL=y arch/arm64/configs/kitakami_sumire_defconfig +1 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -674,3 +674,4 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_SOMC_FIPS_KSCL=y CONFIG_MISC_FILESYSTEMS=y CONFIG_ECRYPT_FS=y CONFIG_WTL_ENCRYPTION_FILTER=y CONFIG_MSM8994_CPU_VOLTAGE_CONTROL=y Loading
Documentation/kmemleak.txt +22 −6 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ with the difference that the orphan objects are not freed but only reported via /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak. A similar method is used by the Valgrind tool (memcheck --leak-check) to detect the memory leaks in user-space applications. Please check DEBUG_KMEMLEAK dependencies in lib/Kconfig.debug for supported architectures. Kmemleak is supported on x86, arm, powerpc, sparc, sh, microblaze, ppc, mips, s390, metag and tile. Usage ----- Loading Loading @@ -53,7 +51,8 @@ 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 Loading @@ -63,12 +62,16 @@ Memory may be allocated or freed before kmemleak is initialised and these actions are stored in an early log buffer. The size of this buffer is configured via the CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE option. If CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF are enabled, the kmemleak is disabled by default. Passing "kmemleak=on" on the kernel command line enables the function. Basic Algorithm --------------- The memory allocations via kmalloc, vmalloc, kmem_cache_alloc and friends are traced and the pointers, together with additional information like size and stack trace, are stored in a prio search tree. information like size and stack trace, are stored in a rbtree. The corresponding freeing function calls are tracked and the pointers removed from the kmemleak data structures. Loading @@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ The scanning algorithm steps: 1. mark all objects as white (remaining white objects will later be considered orphan) 2. scan the memory starting with the data section and stacks, checking the values against the addresses stored in the prio search tree. If the values against the addresses stored in the rbtree. If a pointer to a white object is found, the object is added to the gray list 3. scan the gray objects for matching addresses (some white objects Loading Loading @@ -120,6 +123,18 @@ Then as usual to get your report with: # cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak Freeing kmemleak internal objects --------------------------------- To allow access to previously 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 ------------ Loading @@ -131,6 +146,7 @@ kmemleak_alloc_percpu - notify of a percpu memory block allocation kmemleak_free - notify of a memory block freeing kmemleak_free_part - notify of a partial memory block freeing kmemleak_free_percpu - notify of a percpu memory block freeing kmemleak_update_trace - update object allocation stack trace kmemleak_not_leak - mark an object as not a leak kmemleak_ignore - do not scan or report an object as leak kmemleak_scan_area - add scan areas inside a memory block Loading
Makefile +21 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -594,6 +594,27 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_FRAME_WARN),0) KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wframe-larger-than=${CONFIG_FRAME_WARN}) endif # Handle stack protector mode. ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR stackp-flag := -fstack-protector ifeq ($(call cc-option, $(stackp-flag)),) $(warning Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR: \ -fstack-protector not supported by compiler) endif else ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG stackp-flag := -fstack-protector-strong ifeq ($(call cc-option, $(stackp-flag)),) $(warning Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: \ -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler) endif else # Force off for distro compilers that enable stack protector by default. stackp-flag := $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector) endif endif KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(stackp-flag) # This warning generated too much noise in a regular build. # Use make W=1 to enable this warning (see scripts/Makefile.build) KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-but-set-variable) Loading
arch/arm/include/asm/barrier.h +2 −2 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ do { \ compiletime_assert_atomic_type(*p); \ smp_mb(); \ ACCESS_ONCE(*p) = (v); \ WRITE_ONCE(*p, v); \ } while (0) #define smp_load_acquire(p) \ ({ \ typeof(*p) ___p1 = ACCESS_ONCE(*p); \ typeof(*p) ___p1 = READ_ONCE(*p); \ compiletime_assert_atomic_type(*p); \ smp_mb(); \ ___p1; \ Loading
arch/arm64/configs/kitakami_satsuki_defconfig +1 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -675,3 +675,4 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_SOMC_FIPS_KSCL=y CONFIG_MISC_FILESYSTEMS=y CONFIG_ECRYPT_FS=y CONFIG_WTL_ENCRYPTION_FILTER=y CONFIG_MSM8994_CPU_VOLTAGE_CONTROL=y
arch/arm64/configs/kitakami_sumire_defconfig +1 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -674,3 +674,4 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_SOMC_FIPS_KSCL=y CONFIG_MISC_FILESYSTEMS=y CONFIG_ECRYPT_FS=y CONFIG_WTL_ENCRYPTION_FILTER=y CONFIG_MSM8994_CPU_VOLTAGE_CONTROL=y