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

[Catalin Marinas]

On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 03:43:18PM -0700, Jim Cromie wrote:
> Change /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak report format slightly, adding
> "(extra info)" to the backtrace header:
> 
> from: "  backtrace:"
> to:   "  backtrace (crc <cksum>):"
> 
> The <cksum> allows a user to see recurring backtraces without
> detailed/careful reading of multiline stacks.  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
> 
> syzkaller parses kmemleak for "unreferenced object" only, so is
> unaffected by this change.  Other github repos are moribund.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>