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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst index fce262883984..2cb00b53339f 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst @@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ with the difference that the orphan objects are not freed but only reported via /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak. A similar method is used by the Valgrind tool (``memcheck --leak-check``) to detect the memory leaks in user-space applications. -Kmemleak is supported on x86, arm, arm64, powerpc, sparc, sh, microblaze, mips, -s390, nds32, arc and xtensa. Usage ----- @@ -176,7 +174,6 @@ mapping: - ``kmemleak_alloc_phys`` - ``kmemleak_free_part_phys`` -- ``kmemleak_not_leak_phys`` - ``kmemleak_ignore_phys`` Dealing with false positives/negatives @@ -230,8 +227,8 @@ Testing with kmemleak-test -------------------------- To check if you have all set up to use kmemleak, you can use the kmemleak-test -module, a module that deliberately leaks memory. Set CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_TEST -as module (it can't be used as bult-in) and boot the kernel with kmemleak +module, a module that deliberately leaks memory. Set CONFIG_SAMPLE_KMEMLEAK +as module (it can't be used as built-in) and boot the kernel with kmemleak enabled. Load the module and perform a scan with:: # modprobe kmemleak-test |