A variant of this patch is queued up for 2.6.21, as a part of the patch http://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg28213.html
I beleive its in the -mm tree, I have not checked. --linas On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 12:07:47PM +0100, 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Index: linux-2.6.20-rc6/drivers/net/spider_net.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.20-rc6.orig/drivers/net/spider_net.c > +++ linux-2.6.20-rc6/drivers/net/spider_net.c > @@ -1925,6 +1925,8 @@ spider_net_stop(struct net_device *netde > /* release chains */ > spider_net_release_tx_chain(card, 1); > > + spider_net_free_rx_chain_contents(card); > + > spider_net_free_chain(card, &card->tx_chain); > spider_net_free_chain(card, &card->rx_chain); > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
