On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:21:55 +0530 "Ravi Dubey" <ravi.dubey@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I am running Linux kernel 2.4.19.. > > I have a wireless system which has two Ethernet interfaces and one > wireless interface. I am facing a problem with memory leaks > (specifically, I can see that the skbuff_head_cache is increasing all > the time - the rate of increase is roughly 1 block (of 160 bytes) every > minute, but this is again not very consistent). > > In order to isolate this, I put a bridge across the two Ethernet > interface and then ran a fastping script. In this, I could see a memory > leak. In the case of ONLY wireless interface running and a client > sending data to this, I could again see a memory leak, when I ran a > fastping script. > > If I stop the flow of data (stop the ping), even then the > skbuff_head_cache count does not come down.. > > Can anyone help me to figure out the way to track this memory leak. > > Best Regards > Ravi. What are the various drivers involved? What usage model. If you can isolate it down to: receive on wireless or transmit on ethernet 0, or something like that it would help - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
