> On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > Ok, as people have noticed, 2.0.31 isn't the greatest kernel ever: it works
> > ok most of the time, but a failed try to fix a memory leak actually
> > results in much (MUCH!) worse problems than the leak itself under certain
> > circumstances.
> >
>
> In which kernel release did the memory leak
> first appear or is that still unknown ?
The memory leak has existed pretty much "forever", but is (a) pretty hard
to trigger and (b) not very large even when it triggers.
In short, it wasn't really worth even fixing, looking back at the problems
that fix then caused. A 2.0.32 with the memory leak would not be a
disaster.
Linus