Re: memory leak (definition?)




Gordon Burditt wrote:

> >The question is motivated by the following scenario:
> >I am using a 3rd party kernel module that I really do
> >not trust, and it exhibits strange behavior when I use
> >their free functions.
>
> If it's a *KERNEL* module, you have a whole different problem.
> Calling execv() will not likely free up memory leaked in the kernel.
>

That is, unfortunately, what I thought would be the case. Thanks
for the response.

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