From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 09/11] kmemleak: Keep the __init functions after initialization
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:31:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081120113118.16607.98533.stgit@pc1117.cambridge.arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081120112903.16607.68902.stgit@pc1117.cambridge.arm.com>
This patch adds the CONFIG_DEBUG_KEEP_INIT option which preserves the
.init.text section after initialization. Memory leaks happening during this
phase can be more easily tracked.
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
---
include/linux/init.h | 6 ++++++
lib/Kconfig.debug | 12 ++++++++++++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 68cb026..41321ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -40,9 +40,15 @@
/* These are for everybody (although not all archs will actually
discard it in modules) */
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KEEP_INIT
+#define __init
+#define __initdata
+#define __initconst
+#else
#define __init __section(.init.text) __cold notrace
#define __initdata __section(.init.data)
#define __initconst __section(.init.rodata)
+#endif
#define __exitdata __section(.exit.data)
#define __exit_call __used __section(.exitcall.exit)
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 1e59827..72cde77 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -313,6 +313,18 @@ config DEBUG_MEMLEAK
In order to access the memleak file, debugfs needs to be
mounted (usually at /sys/kernel/debug).
+config DEBUG_KEEP_INIT
+ bool "Do not free the __init code/data"
+ default n
+ depends on DEBUG_MEMLEAK
+ help
+ This option moves the __init code/data out of the
+ .init.text/.init.data sections. It is useful for identifying
+ memory leaks happening during the kernel or modules
+ initialization.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config DEBUG_PREEMPT
bool "Debug preemptible kernel"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PREEMPT && (TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC64)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-20 11:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-20 11:30 [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 00/11] Kernel memory leak detector (updated) Catalin Marinas
2008-11-20 11:30 ` [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 01/11] kmemleak: Add the base support Catalin Marinas
2008-11-20 11:58 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-20 19:35 ` Pekka Enberg
2008-11-21 12:07 ` Catalin Marinas
2008-11-24 8:16 ` Pekka Enberg
2008-11-24 8:19 ` Pekka Enberg
2008-12-03 18:12 ` Paul E. McKenney
2008-12-04 12:14 ` Catalin Marinas
2008-12-04 16:55 ` Paul E. McKenney
2008-12-06 23:07 ` Catalin Marinas
2008-12-07 23:19 ` Paul E. McKenney
2008-11-20 11:30 ` [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 02/11] kmemleak: Add documentation on the memory leak detector Catalin Marinas
2008-11-20 11:30 ` [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 03/11] kmemleak: Add the memory allocation/freeing hooks Catalin Marinas
2008-11-20 12:00 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-20 19:30 ` Pekka Enberg
2008-11-21 11:07 ` Catalin Marinas
2008-11-24 8:19 ` Pekka Enberg
2008-11-24 10:18 ` Catalin Marinas
2008-11-24 10:35 ` Pekka Enberg
2008-11-24 10:43 ` Catalin Marinas
2008-11-20 11:30 ` [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 04/11] kmemleak: Add modules support Catalin Marinas
2008-11-20 12:03 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-20 11:30 ` [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 05/11] kmemleak: Add support for i386 Catalin Marinas
2008-11-20 12:16 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-20 11:31 ` [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 06/11] kmemleak: Add support for ARM Catalin Marinas
2008-11-20 11:31 ` [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 07/11] kmemleak: Remove some of the kmemleak false positives Catalin Marinas
2008-11-20 12:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-20 11:31 ` [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 08/11] kmemleak: Enable the building of the memory leak detector Catalin Marinas
2008-11-20 11:31 ` Catalin Marinas [this message]
2008-11-20 11:31 ` [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 10/11] kmemleak: Simple testing module for kmemleak Catalin Marinas
2008-11-20 12:11 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-20 11:31 ` [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 11/11] kmemleak: Add the corresponding MAINTAINERS entry Catalin Marinas
2008-11-20 12:10 ` [PATCH 2.6.28-rc5 00/11] Kernel memory leak detector (updated) Ingo Molnar
2008-11-20 17:54 ` Catalin Marinas
2008-11-20 12:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-11-20 18:10 ` Catalin Marinas
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