Patch-ID# 101348-01
Keywords: memory leak ptem
Synopsis: SunOS 5.2: system hangs due to mblk memory leak
Date: Nov/05/93

Solaris Release: 2.2

SunOS release: 5.2

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Topic: SunOS 5.2: system hangs due to mblk memory leak

BugId's fixed with this patch: 1145639 1136163

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Relevant Architectures: sparce

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Files included with this patch:

/kernel/strmod/ttcompat
/kernel/strmod/ptem

Problem Description:

1145639 system hangs due to mblk memory leak
1136163 memory leak in ptem driver. ptem close does not do freemsg


When using rlogin and telnet to access a server the server
can run out of memory. netstat -m shows that the
number of allocated mblks (as well as the total amount of memory
allocated to streams) is increasing rapidly.


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