How to check for memory leaks

[Larry Finger]

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.

Thanks,

Larry

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