Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for finding kernel memory leaks
- Patent Title (中): 查找内核内存泄漏的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12685406Application Date: 2010-01-11
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Publication No.: US08489842B2Publication Date: 2013-07-16
- Inventor: Jes Kiran Chittigala
- Applicant: Jes Kiran Chittigala
- Applicant Address: US NY Islandia
- Assignee: CA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: CA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Islandia
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F13/00

Abstract:
The invention provides a system and method for tracking memory information associated with dynamically loaded kernel modules with the help of a tracking system. The tracking system defines its own kernel memory allocation functions. Whenever, a dynamic kernel module is loaded/unloaded into/from the kernel space, these newly defined functions are called in response to kernel memory allocation/de-allocation requests from the kernel module. The newly defined functions are responsible for allocating and de-allocating kernel memory, as well as, keeping track of information relating to the kernel memory allocations/de-allocations. The tracked information may be used to identify the source of kernel memory leaks.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100115273A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINDING KERNEL MEMORY LEAKS Public/Granted day:2010-05-06
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