linux-kernel - Re: ip_conntrack_core - possible memory leak in 2.4

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Message-ID: <20061005215555.GA11253@nomi.cz>
Date:	Thu, 5 Oct 2006 23:55:55 +0200
From:	onovy@...i.cz
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ip_conntrack_core - possible memory leak in 2.4

> Well, I know several old 2.4 netfilter systems running around and which
> process between 100 and 200 millions of sessions a day with peak hours
> around 4000 sessions/s. They might have been rebooted twice in 3 years,
> and they still work without a glitch. So I clearly don't think that the
> problem mentionned above is present in plain 2.4. It might be a very
> old bug in you rather old kernel, or one specific to some patches in
> your distro's kernel (BTW, I would be surprized you wouldn't find
> anything more recent than 2.4.17).
If you look at that link, you will see man with same problem as i have at
2.4.26 kernel. I'm just trying to do some diffs and collect some more
information. I can't switch kernel in that device, because i'm not author of
that firmware.

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