Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] Memory leaks in Ethereal

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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:31:24 +0530
Hi,

Thanks Ulf !!

While capturing packets, I used multiple files option (Split the capture
file into several smaller ones) and didn't choose option "Update list of
packets in real time".
With this configuration I was able to capture 7,500,000 packets. This means
probably there are memory leaks in Ethereal.

Is there any patch available to remove the memory leaks or how good are
newer versions in terms of memory leak?

Thanks & Regards,
Gaurav


-----Original Message-----
From: ethereal-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ethereal-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ulf Lamping
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 3:18 PM
To: Ethereal user support
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] Memory leaks in Ethereal

Gaurav Batra wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am using Ethereal with version 0.10.11-SVN-14962. I ran Ethereal to
> capture packets with the interface "VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
> : \Device\NPF_{588609BD-341C-482C-AC1C-E10E0545CC63}". After capturing
> around 7,500,000 packets Ethereal crashed because of low Virtual memory.
>
> Is there memory leaks in this version of Ethereal? If yes, then are
> there patches available for this version or the newer versions have
> lesser memory leaks? How significant is the difference between memory
> leaks of version 0.10.11-SVN-14962 and newer version?
>
See: http://wiki.ethereal.com/KnownBugs/OutOfMemory

Regards, ULFL

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