Re: Memory leak in network buffers 2.1.125ac3

Joerg Pommnitz (pommnitz@darmstadt.gmd.de)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 19:32:50 +0100

> Nov 11 01:46:30 kg1 kernel: Networking buffers in use : 144
> Nov 11 01:46:30 kg1 kernel: Total network buffer allocations : 16120011
> Nov 11 01:46:30 kg1 kernel: Total failed network buffer allocs : 2
> Nov 11 01:46:30 kg1 kernel: IP fragment buffer size : 0
> root@kg1:~ # uptime
> 1:52am up 4 days, 8:28, 2 users, load average: 3.66, 3.85, 3.86
>
> So , somewhere in the network code, memory is leaked at an average rate of
> ca. 40 Bytes/sec. Huhh!
> Gonna reboot now, because this box only has 64MB.

16120011 / (((4 * 24 + 8) * 60 + 28) * 60) = 42.86324984

Problem is, this are 42 allocations per second, not lost
bytes.

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       Joerg
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