Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266081AbUFDXT1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jun 2004 19:19:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266061AbUFDXTR (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jun 2004 19:19:17 -0400 Received: from purplechoc.demon.co.uk ([80.176.224.106]:4225 "EHLO skeleton-jack.localnet") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266070AbUFDXQm (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jun 2004 19:16:42 -0400 Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 00:16:25 +0100 To: Ian Abbott Cc: linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: [PATCH] Memory leak in visor.c and ftdi_sio.c Message-ID: <20040604231625.GC4087@skeleton-jack> References: <40C08E6D.8080606@infosciences.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Peter Horton Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 604 Lines: 17 On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 05:34:41PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote: > > A related problem with the current implementation is that is easy to > run out of memory by running something similar to this: > > # cat /dev/zero > /dev/ttyUSB0 > I got bitten by this a couple of days ago. There is effectively no write flow control at all, it just sucks up memory ... P. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/