On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 08:52:26AM +0000, Li Zefan wrote:
> Currently if you disabling kmemleak after stopping kmemleak thread,
> kmemleak objects will be freed and so you won't be able to check
> previously reported leaks.
> 
> With this patch, kmemleak objects won't be freed if there're leaks
> that can be reported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <[email protected]>

Some nitpicks below:

> diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
> index 31f01c5..be7ecc0 100644
> --- a/mm/kmemleak.c
> +++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
> @@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ static int kmemleak_stack_scan = 1;
>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(scan_mutex);
>  /* setting kmemleak=on, will set this var, skipping the disable */
>  static int kmemleak_skip_disable;
> -
> +/* If there're leaks that can be reported */

"If there are ..." (easier to read ;)).

> +static bool kmemleak_has_leaks;

Better "kmemleak_found_leaks" to avoid confusion.

Otherwise:

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <[email protected]>
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