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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:28:38 +0100 From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl> To: Masayuki Nakagawa <nakagawa.msy@...s.nec.co.jp> Cc: davem@...emloft.net, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, mhuth@...sta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] TCP: Replace __kfree_skb() with kfree_skb() On 26-01-2007 04:37, Masayuki Nakagawa wrote: > This patch simply replaces __kfree_skb() in exit path with kfree_skb(). > In tcp_rcv_state_process(), generally skbs should be destroyed only when > the ref count is zero. > That is the way things are supposed to be done in the kernel. > > This change might reveals a memory leak of skb. > If it happens, it would be because someone doesn't deal with the skb properly. So maybe for some time there should be added skb->users test with a warning to reveal this? Regards, Jarek P. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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