kmemleak_ignore_phys(9)

💖 kmemleak_ignore_phys(9) 💖

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and today’s main character is kmemleak_ignore_phys(9) — literally the physical-address version of kmemleak_ignore. no cap 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

kmemleak_ignore_phys — similar to kmemleak_ignore but taking a physical address argument. that’s the whole name-section vibe, bestie 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void __ref kmemleak_ignore_phys (phys_addr_t phys );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• phys — physical address of the object. that’s the arg: just the physical address, periodt 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./mm/kmemleak.c — and the whole squad is:

• kmemleak_alloc(9)
• kmemleak_alloc_percpu(9)
• kmemleak_vmalloc(9)
• kmemleak_free(9)
• kmemleak_free_part(9)
• kmemleak_free_percpu(9)
• kmemleak_update_trace(9)
• kmemleak_not_leak(9)
• kmemleak_transient_leak(9)
• kmemleak_ignore_percpu(9)
• kmemleak_ignore(9)
• kmemleak_scan_area(9)
• kmemleak_no_scan(9)
• kmemleak_alloc_phys(9)
• kmemleak_free_part_phys(9)

that’s the page, bestie 🫶 source/version: ./mm · date: October 2026 ✨