Re: kernel/1039: mbuf leak on udp traffic

[Michael Shalayeff <mickey@lucifier.dial-up.user.akula.net>]

The following reply was made to PR kernel/1039; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Michael Shalayeff <mickey@lucifier.dial-up.user.akula.net>
To: mickey@akula.com
Cc: gnats@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: kernel/1039: mbuf leak on udp traffic
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 04:10:49 -0500 (EST)

 re
 forgot to say, that udp traffic was ipv4 of course (;
 cu
 
 Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Michael Shalayeff:
 > 
 > >Number:         1039
 > >Category:       kernel
 > >Synopsis:       mbuf leak on udp traffic
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       critical
 > >Priority:       high
 > >Responsible:    bugs
 > >State:          open
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   net
 > >Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 31 02:00:02 MST 1999
 > >Last-Modified:
 > >Originator:     Michael Shalayeff
 > >Organization:
 > NOWHERE Software Labs.
 > >Release:        current
 > >Environment:
 > 	
 > 	System      : OpenBSD 2.6
 > 	Architecture: OpenBSD.i386
 > 	Machine     : i386
 > >Description:
 > 	kernel configured w/ ipv6 demonstrates mbuf/memory leaks on heavy
 > 	udp traffic. same kernel from the same sources exculding ipv6 from
 > 	the config does not expose any behaviour of a kind mentioned.
 > 	these particular and unfortunate errors started to appear
 > 	approximately in the early 20ths of december.
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > 	have a kernel compiled w/ ipv6.
 > 	put substantial udp traffic on an ethernet iface.
 > 	observe "data modified on free list" errors.
 > 	at least true w/ tftp and nfs traffic between two different
 > 	endianess machines.
 > >Fix:
 > 	dunno.
 > 
 > >Audit-Trail:
 > >Unformatted:
 > Michael Shalayeff
 > 
 
 
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