[PATCH 2/3] kmemleak: add checksum to backtrace report

From: Jim Cromie
Date: Tue Apr 25 2023 - 18:25:09 EST


change kmemleak report format:

from: " backtrace:"
to: " backtrace (ck <cksum>):"

The <cksum> allows a user to see recurring backtraces without
detailed/careful reading of multiline backtraces. So after cycling
kmemleak-test a few times, I know some leaks are repeating.

bash-5.2# grep backtrace /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak | wc
62 186 1792
bash-5.2# grep backtrace /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak | sort -u | wc
37 111 1067

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/kmemleak.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index f025c7bc845b..2d1dfed4293d 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static void print_unreferenced(struct seq_file *seq,
warn_or_seq_printf(seq, " comm \"%s\", pid %d, jiffies %lu\n",
object->comm, object->pid, object->jiffies);
hex_dump_object(seq, object);
- warn_or_seq_printf(seq, " backtrace:\n");
+ warn_or_seq_printf(seq, " backtrace (ck %u):\n", object->checksum);

for (i = 0; i < nr_entries; i++) {
void *ptr = (void *)entries[i];
--
2.40.0