3 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kmemleak.txt b/Documentation/kmemleak.txt
index 0112da3b9ab8..f655308064d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/kmemleak.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kmemleak.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Memory scanning parameters can be modified at run-time by writing to the
 Kmemleak can also be disabled at boot-time by passing "kmemleak=off" on
 the kernel command line.
 
+Memory may be allocated or freed before kmemleak is initialised and
+these actions are stored in an early log buffer. The size of this buffer
+is configured via the CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE option.
+
 Basic Algorithm
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 4c32b1a1a06e..12327b2bb785 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -359,6 +359,18 @@ config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
           In order to access the kmemleak file, debugfs needs to be
           mounted (usually at /sys/kernel/debug).
 
+config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE
+        int "Maximum kmemleak early log entries"
+        depends on DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
+        range 200 2000
+        default 400
+        help
+          Kmemleak must track all the memory allocations to avoid
+          reporting false positives. Since memory may be allocated or
+          freed before kmemleak is initialised, an early log buffer is
+          used to store these actions. If kmemleak reports "early log
+          buffer exceeded", please increase this value.
+
 config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_TEST
         tristate "Simple test for the kernel memory leak detector"
         depends on DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index c96f2c8700aa..17096d1b59b2 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ struct early_log {
 };
 
 /* early logging buffer and current position */
-static struct early_log early_log[200];
+static struct early_log early_log[CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE];
 static int crt_early_log;
 
 static void kmemleak_disable(void);
@@ -696,7 +696,8 @@ static void log_early(int op_type, const void *ptr, size_t size,
         struct early_log *log;
 
         if (crt_early_log >= ARRAY_SIZE(early_log)) {
-                kmemleak_stop("Early log buffer exceeded\n");
+                pr_warning("Early log buffer exceeded\n");
+                kmemleak_disable();
                 return;
         }