kmemleak: add checksum to backtrace report
authorJim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Thu, 16 Nov 2023 22:43:18 +0000 (15:43 -0700)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:51:43 +0000 (16:51 -0800)
commit52c5d2bc32133966974edb8d8c49bf7763101622
treea51e0fc2a4d2aa9326c50482481ff2b3a4106fa1
parent88f9ee2b3040991ff40628fa9e3516ebe36dd6fa
kmemleak: add checksum to backtrace report

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.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231116224318.124209-3-jim.cromie@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
mm/kmemleak.c