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> From Michael.Leodolter@lab1.psy.univie.ac.at Thu Sep 5 11:10:20 1996
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> Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 12:07:11 +0200
> From: Michael Leodolter <Michael.Leodolter@lab1.psy.univie.ac.at>
> Organization: Brain Reserch Lab (BRL) Univ. Vienna
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> Subject: BRIDGE-MEMORY-LEAK-FOUND
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> Hi,
>
> I found the memory leak in the bridging code in br_forward().
> br_forward should not lock.
>
> It works for me as a 10/100-bridge on P133 with a ne2000-comp and a
> SMC-9332.
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------cut-here---
> --- linux-2.0.16/net/bridge/br.c Fri Jul 19 07:24:05 1996
> +++ linux/net/bridge/br.c Thu Sep 5 11:52:35 1996
> @@ -1137,7 +1137,9 @@
> /* happen in net_bh() in
> dev.c) */
> }
> /* ok, forward this frame... */
> +#if 0 /* ML */ /* is done in dev_queue_xmit */
> skb_device_lock(skb);
> +#endif
> return(br_forward(skb, port));
> default:
> printk(KERN_DEBUG "br_receive_frame: port [%i]
> unknown state [%i]\n",
> ------------------------------------------------------------cut-here---
>
> I hope this was all, (too see it in the kernel),
>
> thanks,
>
> michael
>
>
> --
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> From michael@lab1.psy.univie.ac.at Thu Sep 5 11:25:22 1996
> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 12:13:00 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: Michael Leodolter <michael@lab1.psy.univie.ac.at>
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> cc: alan.cox@linux.org, ccurtis@ee.fit.edu,
> Ulrich Leodolter <ulrich@lab1.psy.univie.ac.at>
> Subject: Re: BRIDGE-MEMORY-LEAK-FOUND
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>
> On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Michael Leodolter wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I found the memory leak in the bridging code in br_forward().
> > br_forward should not lock.
> It was br_receive_frame() !! should not lock, because br_forward() could
> drop !!
> >
> > It works for me as a 10/100-bridge on P133 with a ne2000-comp and a
> > SMC-9332.
> >
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------cut-here---
> > --- linux-2.0.16/net/bridge/br.c Fri Jul 19 07:24:05 1996
> > +++ linux/net/bridge/br.c Thu Sep 5 11:52:35 1996
> > @@ -1137,7 +1137,9 @@
> > /* happen in net_bh() in
> > dev.c) */
> > }
> > /* ok, forward this frame... */
> > +#if 0 /* ML */ /* is done in dev_queue_xmit */
> > skb_device_lock(skb);
> > +#endif
> > return(br_forward(skb, port));
> > default:
> > printk(KERN_DEBUG "br_receive_frame: port [%i]
> > unknown state [%i]\n",
> > ------------------------------------------------------------cut-here---
> >
> > I hope this was all, (too see it in the kernel),
> >
> thanks,
>
> michael
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> - Michael Leodolter Brain Research Lab (BRL) -
> - Inst. of Psychology Univ. of Vienna -
> - EMail: <Michael.Leodolter@univie.ac.at> -
> - or <Michael.Leodolter@lab1.psy.univie.ac.at> -
> - Tel: <+43-222-40103-2436> Fax: <+43-222-406 64 22> -
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>
>
>