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From: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org>
To: Peter Wu <peter@lekensteyn.nl>, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@realsil.com.cn>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: fix gigantic memleak in rtl_usb
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 16:04:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5665AE17.8010601@einfach.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151206213926.GA30777@al>

On 12/06/2015 09:39 PM, Peter Wu wrote:
>>> While using the rtl8192cu driver in monitor mode, somehow 5G of memory
>>> was permanently lost (observable via the Available column in `free -m`).
>>>
>>> This issue has existed since the introduction of this driver in v2.6.x,

One more reason to switch to rtl8xxxu as soon as possible...

bruno

      parent reply	other threads:[~2015-12-07 16:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-06 17:57 [PATCH] rtlwifi: fix gigantic memleak in rtl_usb Peter Wu
2015-12-06 20:18 ` Larry Finger
2015-12-06 21:39   ` Peter Wu
2015-12-06 22:33     ` Larry Finger
2015-12-07 15:11     ` Kalle Valo
2015-12-07 16:04     ` Bruno Randolf [this message]

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