[plug] 2.2.11 Out of memory

[Brad Campbell]

Beau Kuiper wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > G'day all..
> > Using 2 machines.. both with 2.2.11 on them..
> > using lftp to mirror a win95 partition onto an ext2 partition..
> > In both directions.. after about 200mb over a 10baseT Ethernet
> > the machine doing the reading dies from an out of memory error..
> > just gives out of memory messages for every running process on the
> > console, then locks up solid..
> > Drop back to 2.0.35 and of course it works fine both ways..
> >
> > memory leak in the tcp/ip stack in 2.2.11 ?
> 
> Yep, and it is very well documented and very well fixed in 2.2.12. Check for
> the latest version of a kernel before getting upset over kernel bugs :)

I tend to be a little careful when "upgrading" 2.2.x kernels, after the
abortion created when upgrading 2.2.6 to 2.2.9..
I'm inclined to count any kernel after 2.0.38 as developmental, as thier
stability has been much in question..
Therefore, I see no good reason to upgrade a kernel unless there is a 
well documented bug that is getting in my way..
I used to upgrade as soon as a new kernel was released, but I got burned
a few times.. so I no longer do that..
I think I'll wait for 2.2.13's release in a couple of weeks..
Afterall 13's my Lucky number :p)

Brad..