kmemleak_not_leak(9)

💅 kmemleak_not_leak — the kernel API manual, bestie edition

okay so this is kmemleak_not_leak(9), straight out of the kernel API manual, and it's lowkey one of the most useful little guys in the whole leak-detector friend group 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

kmemleak_not_leak — mark an allocated object as a false positive 💖

like, the leak detector was being a little dramatic and this is how you tell it "no babe, that one's fine" 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void __ref kmemleak_not_leak (const void *ptr );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no cap ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ptr — pointer to beginning of the object 👑 (yes, the beginning, bestie, don't be out here handing it a random offset 🙈)

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so the way this works: when you call this function on an object, the memory block will no longer be reported as leak and will always be scanned. periodt. 💅

it's giving "i've reviewed this one personally and she's innocent" energy — you're clearing the block's name and telling the scanner to keep an eye on it anyway. iconic behavior, honestly 🌈

ngl, this is your go-to when a block looks lost but it's actually referenced somewhere kmemleak just can't see (iykyk 😭). you're vouching for it, so vouch responsibly 🍓

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

kernel file ./mm/kmemleak.c — the source of truth, go read her 👑

and the whole extended fam, fr fr:

• 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_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)
• kmemleak_ignore_phys(9)

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🧚 sign-off 🧚

this page lives in ./mm, dated October 2026, and its whole title-slash-name is kmemleak_not_leak(9) — so go forth, mark your false positives, and slay 💖✨🎀