On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 22:17 +0200, Mikko Rapeli wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 11:47:42PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > > > > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=e7087a828f8714e464fff18d93618727530dfd89;hp=5adf6d63c1697ce1835daf2b5393488a71ee0dca > > > > Did it fix the issue? > > Yes, this does fix the issue. I had not done kernel upgrades since Dec 2009 > and > the custom 2.6.26 with that patch survived a whole year. Then after applying > kernel security updates the machine was running out of memory again. > Another custom build of 2.6.26-26lenny1 with that patch is much better > and slab is not growing like without the patch. > > Please apply that patch to lenny kernels in the next bug fix round.
I've added the following patch. Ben. From: Ivo van Doorn <ivdo...@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:03:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] rt2x00: Fix memleak when RTS/CTS fails commit e7087a828f8714e464fff18d93618727530dfd89 upstream. When sending the RTS/CTS frame fails, we should free the skb buffer which was created. Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <ivdo...@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linvi...@tuxdriver.com> [bwh: Adjust context for 2.6.26] --- drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c index 802ddba..591e0ed 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static int rt2x00mac_tx_rts_cts(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, skbdesc->flags |= FRAME_DESC_DRIVER_GENERATED; if (rt2x00dev->ops->lib->write_tx_data(rt2x00dev, queue, skb, control)) { + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); WARNING(rt2x00dev, "Failed to send RTS/CTS frame.\n"); return NETDEV_TX_BUSY; } -- 1.7.2.3 -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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