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

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Date:	Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:15:06 +0900 (JST)
From:	Ishizaki Kou <kou.ishizaki@...hiba.co.jp>
To:	jeff@...zik.org
Cc:	jens@...ibm.com, linas@...tin.ibm.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, jim@...ewis.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spidernet : fix memory leak in spider_net_stop

Jeff-san,

> 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

This fix was applied twice to netdev-2.6.git#upstream.
Because Linas-san's patch has been applied to netdev-2.6.git#upstream.

Best regards,
Kou Ishizaki
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