netdev - Re: Memory leak in ip_dst

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Date:	Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:20:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Kumar S <ps2kumar@...oo.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Memory leak in ip_dst_cache



----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To: Kumar S <ps2kumar@...oo.com>
Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>; netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: Memory leak in ip_dst_cache

Le lundi 12 septembre 2011 à 10:16 -0700, Kumar S a écrit :
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

>>What do you mean ? Your box is a router only ?
>> 
> >>Those SMB messages are going through it ?
> > 
>> Our box is a stand-alone system with L2 Quick Engine. This QE forwards
>> all broadcast to the other ports and also a copy to the CPU port. 

>It sounds like a modified kernel, maybe you added a bug in the code...

It is possible. I'm trying to isolate the same. Your input is helping a lot in understanding the flow related to ip_dst_cache. 
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