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| author | Sri Krishna chowdary <schowdary@nvidia.com> | 2018-12-28 00:38:54 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-12-28 12:11:51 -0800 |
| commit | d53ce042277a94eadf9a8a31fc41fac54c67dec5 (patch) | |
| tree | 3da438e716f60f459fead3af0ef0279ad80778c2 | |
| parent | 3c0c12cc8f00ca5f81acb010023b8eb13e9a7004 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-d53ce042277a94eadf9a8a31fc41fac54c67dec5.tar.gz lwn-d53ce042277a94eadf9a8a31fc41fac54c67dec5.zip | |
kmemleak: add config to select auto scan
Kmemleak scan can be cpu intensive and can stall user tasks at times. To
prevent this, add config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_AUTO_SCAN to enable/disable auto
scan on boot up. Also protect first_run with DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_AUTO_SCAN as
this is meant for only first automatic scan.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1540231723-7087-1-git-send-email-prpatel@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Sri Krishna chowdary <schowdary@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Sachin Nikam <snikam@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Prateek <prpatel@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/kmemleak.c | 10 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index b3c91b9e32f8..2b5a4256e88b 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -593,6 +593,21 @@ config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF Say Y here to disable kmemleak by default. It can then be enabled on the command line via kmemleak=on. +config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_AUTO_SCAN + bool "Enable kmemleak auto scan thread on boot up" + default y + depends on DEBUG_KMEMLEAK + help + Depending on the cpu, kmemleak scan may be cpu intensive and can + stall user tasks at times. This option enables/disables automatic + kmemleak scan at boot up. + + Say N here to disable kmemleak auto scan thread to stop automatic + scanning. Disabling this option disables automatic reporting of + memory leaks. + + If unsure, say Y. + config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE bool "Stack utilization instrumentation" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !IA64 diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c index 9c3d2dea0861..f9d9dc250428 100644 --- a/mm/kmemleak.c +++ b/mm/kmemleak.c @@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ static void kmemleak_scan(void) */ static int kmemleak_scan_thread(void *arg) { - static int first_run = 1; + static int first_run = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_AUTO_SCAN); pr_info("Automatic memory scanning thread started\n"); set_user_nice(current, 10); @@ -2144,9 +2144,11 @@ static int __init kmemleak_late_init(void) return -ENOMEM; } - mutex_lock(&scan_mutex); - start_scan_thread(); - mutex_unlock(&scan_mutex); + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_AUTO_SCAN)) { + mutex_lock(&scan_mutex); + start_scan_thread(); + mutex_unlock(&scan_mutex); + } pr_info("Kernel memory leak detector initialized\n"); |