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@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ Boot parameter:
sysctl:
/proc/sys/vm/mem_profiling
+ 1: Enable memory profiling.
+
+ 0: Disable memory profiling.
+
+ The default value depends on CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT.
+
+ When CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_DEBUG=y, this control is read-only to avoid
+ warnings produced by allocations made while profiling is disabled and freed
+ when it's enabled.
+
Runtime info:
/proc/allocinfo