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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/kmemleak.c | 80 |
1 files changed, 59 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c index d33e990e0668..5f2eb5b23658 100644 --- a/mm/kmemleak.c +++ b/mm/kmemleak.c @@ -843,10 +843,19 @@ out: rcu_read_unlock(); } -/* - * Memory allocation function callback. This function is called from the - * kernel allocators when a new block is allocated (kmem_cache_alloc, kmalloc, - * vmalloc etc.). +/** + * kmemleak_alloc - register a newly allocated object + * @ptr: pointer to beginning of the object + * @size: size of the object + * @min_count: minimum number of references to this object. If during memory + * scanning a number of references less than @min_count is found, + * the object is reported as a memory leak. If @min_count is 0, + * the object is never reported as a leak. If @min_count is -1, + * the object is ignored (not scanned and not reported as a leak) + * @gfp: kmalloc() flags used for kmemleak internal memory allocations + * + * This function is called from the kernel allocators when a new object + * (memory block) is allocated (kmem_cache_alloc, kmalloc, vmalloc etc.). */ void __ref kmemleak_alloc(const void *ptr, size_t size, int min_count, gfp_t gfp) @@ -860,9 +869,12 @@ void __ref kmemleak_alloc(const void *ptr, size_t size, int min_count, } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmemleak_alloc); -/* - * Memory freeing function callback. This function is called from the kernel - * allocators when a block is freed (kmem_cache_free, kfree, vfree etc.). +/** + * kmemleak_free - unregister a previously registered object + * @ptr: pointer to beginning of the object + * + * This function is called from the kernel allocators when an object (memory + * block) is freed (kmem_cache_free, kfree, vfree etc.). */ void __ref kmemleak_free(const void *ptr) { @@ -875,9 +887,14 @@ void __ref kmemleak_free(const void *ptr) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmemleak_free); -/* - * Partial memory freeing function callback. This function is usually called - * from bootmem allocator when (part of) a memory block is freed. +/** + * kmemleak_free_part - partially unregister a previously registered object + * @ptr: pointer to the beginning or inside the object. This also + * represents the start of the range to be freed + * @size: size to be unregistered + * + * This function is called when only a part of a memory block is freed + * (usually from the bootmem allocator). */ void __ref kmemleak_free_part(const void *ptr, size_t size) { @@ -890,9 +907,12 @@ void __ref kmemleak_free_part(const void *ptr, size_t size) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmemleak_free_part); -/* - * Mark an already allocated memory block as a false positive. This will cause - * the block to no longer be reported as leak and always be scanned. +/** + * kmemleak_not_leak - mark an allocated object as false positive + * @ptr: pointer to beginning of the object + * + * Calling this function on an object will cause the memory block to no longer + * be reported as leak and always be scanned. */ void __ref kmemleak_not_leak(const void *ptr) { @@ -905,10 +925,14 @@ void __ref kmemleak_not_leak(const void *ptr) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmemleak_not_leak); -/* - * Ignore a memory block. This is usually done when it is known that the - * corresponding block is not a leak and does not contain any references to - * other allocated memory blocks. +/** + * kmemleak_ignore - ignore an allocated object + * @ptr: pointer to beginning of the object + * + * Calling this function on an object will cause the memory block to be + * ignored (not scanned and not reported as a leak). This is usually done when + * it is known that the corresponding block is not a leak and does not contain + * any references to other allocated memory blocks. */ void __ref kmemleak_ignore(const void *ptr) { @@ -921,8 +945,16 @@ void __ref kmemleak_ignore(const void *ptr) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmemleak_ignore); -/* - * Limit the range to be scanned in an allocated memory block. +/** + * kmemleak_scan_area - limit the range to be scanned in an allocated object + * @ptr: pointer to beginning or inside the object. This also + * represents the start of the scan area + * @size: size of the scan area + * @gfp: kmalloc() flags used for kmemleak internal memory allocations + * + * This function is used when it is known that only certain parts of an object + * contain references to other objects. Kmemleak will only scan these areas + * reducing the number false negatives. */ void __ref kmemleak_scan_area(const void *ptr, size_t size, gfp_t gfp) { @@ -935,8 +967,14 @@ void __ref kmemleak_scan_area(const void *ptr, size_t size, gfp_t gfp) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmemleak_scan_area); -/* - * Inform kmemleak not to scan the given memory block. +/** + * kmemleak_no_scan - do not scan an allocated object + * @ptr: pointer to beginning of the object + * + * This function notifies kmemleak not to scan the given memory block. Useful + * in situations where it is known that the given object does not contain any + * references to other objects. Kmemleak will not scan such objects reducing + * the number of false negatives. */ void __ref kmemleak_no_scan(const void *ptr) { |