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@@ -162,6 +162,15 @@ See the include/linux/kmemleak.h header for the functions prototype.
- ``kmemleak_alloc_recursive`` - as kmemleak_alloc but checks the recursiveness
- ``kmemleak_free_recursive`` - as kmemleak_free but checks the recursiveness
+The following functions take a physical address as the object pointer
+and only perform the corresponding action if the address has a lowmem
+mapping:
+
+- ``kmemleak_alloc_phys``
+- ``kmemleak_free_part_phys``
+- ``kmemleak_not_leak_phys``
+- ``kmemleak_ignore_phys``
+
Dealing with false positives/negatives
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