netdev - Re: [PATCH] spidernet : fix memory leak in spider_net

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Date:	Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:34:37 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Jens Osterkamp <jens@...ibm.com>
CC:	Linas Vepstas <linas@...tin.ibm.com>,
	James K Lewis <jim@...ewis.com>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, cbe-oss-dev@...abs.org,
	Ishizaki Kou <kou.ishizaki@...hiba.co.jp>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spidernet : fix memory leak in spider_net_stop

Jens Osterkamp wrote:
> We forget to call spider_net_free_rx_chain_contents which does the
> actual dev_kfree_skb. New skbs are allocated from skbuff_head_cache
> on each "ifconfig up" letting the cache grow infinitely.
> 
> This patch fixes it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jens Osterkamp <jens@...ibm.com>

applied

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