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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] iproute2: Fix memory hog of ip batched command.
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:26:31 -0700
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On Tue, 22 May 2012 15:37:29 -0700
Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com> wrote:

> ipaddr_list_or_flush() builds list of all device at start of
> every flush or list operation, but does not free memory at end.
> This can hog lot of memory for large batched command.
> Following patch fixes it.
> 
> Reported-by: Justin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>

Patch does not apply to current version.
Most likely Eric's recent changes to ipaddress conflict with this.