Re: memory leak in case of Kernel module

[Dan Carpenter]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 04:14:22PM +0530, naveen yadav wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I need small clarification, If I have a kernel module and in init I
> create some memory using vmalloc. and i do not free it. I exit from
> the module.
> 
> what happen to this allocated memory. Will kernel handle it and do free.
> 

No.  You need to free your memory explicitly.

regards,
dan carpenter

> 
> Regards
> Naveen
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