Begin forwarded message: > From: Greg Bednarek <gbedna...@averesystems.com> > Date: April 16, 2012 10:54:33 AM EDT > To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > Cc: Andrew Boyer <abo...@averesystems.com> > Subject: Memory leak in authunix_create_default()... > > > Please see the attached patch for a proposed fix for a memory leak in > authunix_create_default(). > > The leak appears to have been introduced 6/19/2009 in Revision 194494 of > lib/libc/rpc/auth_unix.c > > As you can see form the patch, the fix is very simple. The issue was > discovered when tracking down some rather drastic increases in application > memory footprint during certain types of workloads, and was eventually traced > it to this (apparently) not very heavily used path in libc. > > I would appreciate hearing any comments/concerns with the proposed fix. > > > > Regards, > > Greg Bednarek > > > --- > Greg Bednarek > phone: 412-635-7170 x257 > fax: 412-635-7171 > email: gbedna...@averesystems.com > > > > >
This got caught up in moderation and never reached the list. -Andrew -------------------------------------------------- Andrew Boyer abo...@averesystems.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
