Re: Networking shafted [was Re: buffer patch blah blah]
Matthias Urlichs (smurf@lap.noris.de)
14 Aug 1997 01:58:49 +0200
alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) writes:
>
> o TCP randomly leaks memory in 2.0.30 for no known reason - not
> occuring in 2.0.29
> o /proc/net/* Oops erratically. Trying to pin this down seems
> bh_atomic isnt. Not occuring in 2.0.29
> o TCP can get trapped spamming the network with packets. Not occuring
> in 2.0.29
> o Appletalk panics with a localtalk device loaded. Also in 2.0.2x
> o Bridging leaks memory in 2.0.30 even tho the same code does not in
> 2.0.29
> o Random tcp crashes under high connection load irrespective of
> syn-cookies/rst-cookies - looks like the hash is a problem. Not in
> 2.0.29
> o Occasional oopses caused by timer list corruption when handling
> fragmentation bombs. No apparent cause. Doesn't occur in 2.0.29
> o Transparent proxy redirections are broken. Working in 2.0.29
> o Memory leak with multicasting enabled in 2.0.30 - not in 2.0.29
> but I can't duplicate this one yet.
>
Anybody know which (if any) of these are fixed in pre5?