On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Steve Calfee<stevecalfee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Markus Rechberger<mrechberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Oliver Neukum<oliver@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Am Sonntag, 28. Juni 2009 23:45:42 schrieb Markus Rechberger: >>>> thanks for having a closer look at it, as I'm still working on the >>>> userland side :-) >>> >>> It is by no means clear that you saw this leak. There might be a second >>> leak. >>> >> >> This seems like a regression, I just tested the driver with Linux >> 2.6.23 32bit Intel again streaming 170 mbit/second, it does not grow >> at all, but Linux 2.6.27 (default Ubuntu Kernel) leaks. >> > > Hi, > > Yes, I encountered this too. I hit it on SLED 11. This is fixed in > later kernels. search this list about this leak, it is for iso urbs. I > found http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0903.2/02471.html > > It is fixed in the current kernel and Novell has patches for SLED 11. > One other thing. uvcvideo (cheese) does not continue to leak but my userspace stuff did. I believe that is because uvcvideo uses an urb pool, so reuses the urbs. I could not, but maybe you can in your app and that may be a work-around for this leak consuming all memory. This might be useful if you cannot upgrade your kernel beyond 2.6.27.... Regards, Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
