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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/kmemleak.c | 12 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 6cbffbdf3911..5a37e2e7bbce 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -919,6 +919,15 @@ config TIMER_STATS (it defaults to deactivated on bootup and will only be activated if some application like powertop activates it explicitly). +config DEBUG_TASK_STACK_SCAN_OFF + bool "Disable kmemleak task stack scan by default" + depends on DEBUG_KMEMLEAK + help + Say Y here to disable kmemleak task stack scan by default + at compile time. It can be enabled later if required by + writing to the debugfs entry : + echo "stack=on" > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak. + config DEBUG_PREEMPT bool "Debug preemptible kernel" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PREEMPT && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c index 19423a45d7d7..e5979e423bc2 100644 --- a/mm/kmemleak.c +++ b/mm/kmemleak.c @@ -223,8 +223,18 @@ static unsigned long jiffies_min_age; static unsigned long jiffies_last_scan; /* delay between automatic memory scannings */ static signed long jiffies_scan_wait; -/* enables or disables the task stacks scanning */ + +/* Enables or disables the task stacks scanning. + * Set to 1 if at compile time we want it enabled. + * Else set to 0 to have it disabled by default. + * This can be enabled by writing to "stack=on" using + * kmemleak debugfs entry.*/ +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TASK_STACK_SCAN_OFF +static int kmemleak_stack_scan; +#else static int kmemleak_stack_scan = 1; +#endif + /* protects the memory scanning, parameters and debug/kmemleak file access */ static DEFINE_MUTEX(scan_mutex); /* setting kmemleak=on, will set this var, skipping the disable */ |