Re: Kernel 2.0.31pre9 memory leak (or where did all the memory go?)

Michael K. Johnson (johnsonm@redhat.com)
Mon, 22 Sep 1997 14:00:31 -0400


Chris Adams writes:
>Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com> also reported seeing a memory
>leak in 2.0.31-pre9. It looks like he has a DEC Tulip based ethernet
>card and a BusLogic SCSI card, so there is nothing in common there.

That is correct. In particular, the machine uses the de4x5.o driver,
not the tulip.o driver. But it seems that the leak doesn't depend on
what hardware is in use.

michaelkjohnson

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