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diff --git a/Documentation/kmemleak.txt b/Documentation/kmemleak.txt index b772418bf064..45e777f4e41d 100644 --- a/Documentation/kmemleak.txt +++ b/Documentation/kmemleak.txt @@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ Memory may be allocated or freed before kmemleak is initialised and these actions are stored in an early log buffer. The size of this buffer is configured via the CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE option. +If CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF are enabled, the kmemleak is +disabled by default. Passing "kmemleak=on" on the kernel command +line enables the function. + Basic Algorithm --------------- @@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ Then as usual to get your report with: Freeing kmemleak internal objects --------------------------------- -To allow access to previosuly found memory leaks after kmemleak has been +To allow access to previously found memory leaks after kmemleak has been disabled by the user or due to an fatal error, internal kmemleak objects won't be freed when kmemleak is disabled, and those objects may occupy a large part of physical memory. |