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Subject[PATCH 13/15] kmemleak: Keep the __init functions after initialization
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This patch adds the CONFIG_DEBUG_KEEP_INIT option which preserves the
.init.* sections after initialization. Memory leaks happening during
this phase can be more easily tracked.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
---
include/linux/init.h | 6 ++++++
lib/Kconfig.debug | 12 ++++++++++++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 68cb026..41321ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -40,9 +40,15 @@

/* These are for everybody (although not all archs will actually
discard it in modules) */
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KEEP_INIT
+#define __init
+#define __initdata
+#define __initconst
+#else
#define __init __section(.init.text) __cold notrace
#define __initdata __section(.init.data)
#define __initconst __section(.init.rodata)
+#endif
#define __exitdata __section(.exit.data)
#define __exit_call __used __section(.exitcall.exit)

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 1e59827..72cde77 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -313,6 +313,18 @@ config DEBUG_MEMLEAK
In order to access the memleak file, debugfs needs to be
mounted (usually at /sys/kernel/debug).

+config DEBUG_KEEP_INIT
+ bool "Do not free the __init code/data"
+ default n
+ depends on DEBUG_MEMLEAK
+ help
+ This option moves the __init code/data out of the
+ .init.text/.init.data sections. It is useful for identifying
+ memory leaks happening during the kernel or modules
+ initialization.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config DEBUG_PREEMPT
bool "Debug preemptible kernel"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PREEMPT && (TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC64)


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