We forget to call spider_net_free_rx_chain_contents which does the actual dev_kfree_skb. New skbs are allocated from skbuff_head_cache on each "ifconfig up" letting the cache grow infinitely.
This patch fixes it. Signed-off-by: Jens Osterkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: linux-2.6.20-rc6/drivers/net/spider_net.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.20-rc6.orig/drivers/net/spider_net.c +++ linux-2.6.20-rc6/drivers/net/spider_net.c @@ -1925,6 +1925,8 @@ spider_net_stop(struct net_device *netde /* release chains */ spider_net_release_tx_chain(card, 1); + spider_net_free_rx_chain_contents(card); + spider_net_free_chain(card, &card->tx_chain); spider_net_free_chain(card, &card->rx_chain); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html