netdev - Re: [PATCH] iproute2: Fix memory hog of ip batched command.

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Message-ID: <20120713092648.443ab0d8@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:26:48 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jpettit@...ira.com, jesse@...ira.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iproute2: Fix memory hog of ip batched command.

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:21:06 -0700
Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com> wrote:

> ipaddr_list_or_flush() builds list of all device at start of
> every flush or list operation, but does not free memory at end.
> This can hog lot of memory for large batched command.
> Following patch fixes it.
> 
> Reported-by: Justin Pettit <jpettit@...ira.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>

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