Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:48:29 +0300 | Subject | Re: kmemleak reports firmware loader funnies in iwlwifi | From | Pekka Enberg <> |
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Hi Catalin,
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Catalin Marinas<catalin.marinas@arm.com> wrote: > diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c > index ddeb819..26fb808 100644 > --- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c > +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c > @@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_store(struct device *dev, > dev_err(dev, "%s: vmap() failed\n", __func__); > goto err; > } > + /* > + * This block of memory is later freed using vfree. > + * Since kmemleak does not track vmap calls, just > + * inform it about this block but ignore it during > + * scanning. > + */ > + kmemleak_alloc(fw_priv->fw->data, 0, -1, GFP_KERNEL); > /* Pages will be freed by vfree() */ > fw_priv->pages = NULL; > fw_priv->page_array_size = 0;
Would it be possible to put this hook in vmap() somehow? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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