Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:38:39 +0000 (GMT) From: Nate Nielsen <nielsen-list@memberwebs.com> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory leak in net80211 on FBSD 6.0 Message-ID: <20051130153839.53AA570DCE3@mail.npubs.com> References: <438CE0A8.4010205@memberwebs.com> <438D0896.1070808@memberwebs.com> <438D1A99.6000803@errno.com>
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Sam Leffler wrote: > Nate Nielsen wrote: >> I've put debugging code in node_alloc() and node_free() (in >> net80211/ieee80211_node.c) and can confirm that thousands of >> ieee80211_node structures are being allocated, at a cost of 1K a piece. >> >> I'll continue to look into this (stumbling about), but if anyone has any >> advice or ideas of where to look, I'd be eternally grateful. > > Please don't spam lots of groups. Apologies. > I'm aware of the leak (David Young > found it in netbsd) and have a partial fix. I'll send it to you directly. Wonderful. Looking forward to that. I've had other problems with rate control in the atheros driver. But I'll wait till I apply your patch before I look into them further, as I'd imagine it's possible the problems are related. Cheers, Nate
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