FIX: Winsock Over Appletalk (DDP) Leaks Memory (131159)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows NT 3.5
This article was previously published under Q131159

SYMPTOMS

A memory leak occurs when you open a socket with address family AF_APPLETALK, type SOCK_DGRAM, and protocol ATPROTO_BASE + x (where x is a user-defined number except the ones that are reserved - please refer to the SDK header file ATALKWSH.H); then once a server is located to send data to, you send data to it.

Observing with PerfMon, you can see that non-paged memory use keeps on increasing. It does not decrease even after the application is stopped. If the application is allowed to continue for a long time, the results are unpredictable and it is neccessary to restart the computer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Windows NT version 3.51.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/15/2002
Keywords:kbAPI kbBug kbnetwork kbOSWinNT351fix kbWinsock KB131159
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