Expertise required:USB bulk-throughput and memory leak detection

[bhuvan.kumarmital]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bhuvan Kumarmital (WT01 - Semiconductors & Consumer 
> Electronics) 
> To: 'kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: Expertise required:USB bulk-throughput and memory 
> leak detection 
> 
>  
>     My team is developing a device driver for a PCMCIA based 
> USB device. We're currently trying to test the performance of 
> our driver. However we're unable to figure out a reliable methods of:
> 1.) detecting memory leaks caused by our driver code. 
> 2.) Neither have we been able to find a tool which shows % 
> utilisation of kernel memory used by our driver.(kernel 
> memory monitoring)
> 3.) Throughput calculation of bulk data transfer is also not 
> precise. We still rely on measuring time on stop watch, while 
> Transferring data.
>  
> About the memory monitoring, there are quite a few tools 
> available at the application level (like free and top which 
> are available with the operating system itself). But none for 
> the kernel level. 
>  
> Please suggest other feasible ways of detecting leaks and 
> monitoring kernel memory utilisation for kernel 2.6.15.4 on 
> fedora core 4.
>  
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