From e0a2a1601bec01243bcad44414d06f59dae2eedb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Catalin Marinas Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:38:25 +0100 Subject: kmemleak: Enable task stacks scanning by default This is to reduce the number of false positives reported. Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas --- Documentation/kmemleak.txt | 8 ++++---- mm/kmemleak.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kmemleak.txt b/Documentation/kmemleak.txt index f655308064d..9426e94f291 100644 --- a/Documentation/kmemleak.txt +++ b/Documentation/kmemleak.txt @@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ Memory scanning parameters can be modified at run-time by writing to the /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak file. The following parameters are supported: off - disable kmemleak (irreversible) - stack=on - enable the task stacks scanning + stack=on - enable the task stacks scanning (default) stack=off - disable the tasks stacks scanning - scan=on - start the automatic memory scanning thread + scan=on - start the automatic memory scanning thread (default) scan=off - stop the automatic memory scanning thread - scan= - set the automatic memory scanning period in seconds (0 - to disable it) + scan= - set the automatic memory scanning period in seconds + (default 600, 0 to stop the automatic scanning) Kmemleak can also be disabled at boot-time by passing "kmemleak=off" on the kernel command line. diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c index 17096d1b59b..a38418a95d3 100644 --- a/mm/kmemleak.c +++ b/mm/kmemleak.c @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static unsigned long jiffies_min_age; /* delay between automatic memory scannings */ static signed long jiffies_scan_wait; /* enables or disables the task stacks scanning */ -static int kmemleak_stack_scan; +static int kmemleak_stack_scan = 1; /* mutex protecting the memory scanning */ static DEFINE_MUTEX(scan_mutex); /* mutex protecting the access to the /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak file */ -- cgit v1.2.3