This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled netem: free skb's in tree on reset to the 3.11-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: netem-free-skb-s-in-tree-on-reset.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.11 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From ddc30868db0e31c0c2ab4691131a050f9136f3bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: stephen hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 15:16:49 -0700 Subject: netem: free skb's in tree on reset From: stephen hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit ff704050f2fc0f3382b5a70bba56a51a3feca79d ] Netem can leak memory because packets get stored in red-black tree and it is not cleared on reset. Reported by: Сергеев Сергей <adron@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/sched/sch_netem.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) --- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c @@ -358,6 +358,21 @@ static psched_time_t packet_len_2_sched_ return PSCHED_NS2TICKS(ticks); } +static void tfifo_reset(struct Qdisc *sch) +{ + struct netem_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch); + struct rb_node *p; + + while ((p = rb_first(&q->t_root))) { + struct sk_buff *skb = netem_rb_to_skb(p); + + rb_erase(p, &q->t_root); + skb->next = NULL; + skb->prev = NULL; + kfree_skb(skb); + } +} + static void tfifo_enqueue(struct sk_buff *nskb, struct Qdisc *sch) { struct netem_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch); @@ -613,6 +628,7 @@ static void netem_reset(struct Qdisc *sc struct netem_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch); qdisc_reset_queue(sch); + tfifo_reset(sch); if (q->qdisc) qdisc_reset(q->qdisc); qdisc_watchdog_cancel(&q->watchdog); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.11/netem-update-backlog-after-drop.patch queue-3.11/netem-free-skb-s-in-tree-on-reset.patch queue-3.11/bridge-update-mdb-expiration-timer-upon-reports.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html