On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 12:22 AM, Leen Besselink <open...@consolejunkie.net> > Hi folks, > > Sorry for hijacking this thread. > > I also have a Dell machine with em(4)'s. > > When I upgraded a machine from 4.3 or 4.4 to 4.7 the kernel is leaking > memory I've been looking at it ever since. This was just before 4.8 came > out so it didn't get 4.8. >
There have been a number of mbuf leak fixes between 4.8 and 4.9. Reinstall with 4.9/current and repeat your tests.
