Re: [PATCH -mm] only drop root anon_vma if not self

From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Fri Jun 11 2010 - 05:18:37 EST


Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Catalin Marinas
> <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, 2010-06-10 at 02:30 +0100, Dave Young wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 17:19:02 +0800
>>> > Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> > Manually bisected mm patches, the memleak caused by following patch:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > mm-extend-ksm-refcounts-to-the-anon_vma-root.patch
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> So I guess the refcount break, either drop-without-get or over-drop
>>> >
>>> > I'm guessing I did not run the kernel with enough debug options enabled
>>> > when I tested my patches...
>>> >
>>> > Dave & Catalin, thank you for tracking this down.
>>> >
>>> > Dave, does the below patch fix your issue?
>>>
>>> Yes, it fixed the issue. Thanks.
>>
>> Thanks for investigating this issue.
>>
>> BTW, without my kmemleak nobootmem patch (and CONFIG_NOBOOTMEM enabled),
>> do you get other leaks (false positives).
>
> I didn't see difference before/after apply your patch, how to test
> specific to bootmem?

With Rik's patch applied and CONFIG_NOBOOTMEM enabled, do you get any
false postives if my kmemleak patch isn't applied?

Thanks.

--
Catalin
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