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From: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: fix gigantic memleak in rtl_usb
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 16:04:39 +0000
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Cc: Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@realsil.com.cn>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
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	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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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