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Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:55:17 +0100
From: Hinko Kocevar <hinko.kocevar@cetrtapot.si>
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To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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Subject: Re: How to check for memory leaks
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Larry Finger wrote:
> What is the best way to check if there is a memory leak?
> 
> If I start a ping running on my system using the rtl8187 driver, and nothing
> else active on my system, I see an increase in the "slab" value in /proc/meminfo
> of about 65 kB/minute. Is this indicative of a memory leak? When I run the same
> test with p54usb, the increase is only 20 kB/min.
> 

Also see cat /proc/slabinfo (you need to compile some debugging feature to get access to 
/proc/slabinfo).

HTTH,
Hinko

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