Xenial is released, so we are back in SRU mode. Therefore I add the matching SRU Template for the upload of 2.2.0ubuntu8 which is in the unapproved queue atm.
[Impact] * without the fix removing guests that were connected to vhost_user ports leaked memory. Thereby a longer running server wich spawned/removed guests over time crashed (openvswitch-dpdk) * fix is a backport from upstream to free the device on removal of the active port [Test Case] * create a vhost_user socket in openvswitch-dpdk * attach a guest * detach the guest * loop the three steps above [Regression Potential] * It only frees memory that otherwise would leak and the patch is upstream as well in the meantime (should be pulled fromt he vhost maintainer into main 16.07 soon as well) * In testing I found an issue freeing the wrong port if it was uninitialized and improved the patch together with the maintainer * passed ADT tests on i368/amd64/amd64-lowmem and our full CI (https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/ubuntu/+source/dpdk-testing/+git/dpdk-testing) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1570466 Title: Adding/removing ports leaks memory in dpdk To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk/+bug/1570466/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
