TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:  TF2150 - Patch for Memory Leak in clnt_create()
DATE:  26SEP95
README FOR:  TF2150
PRODUCT and VERSION:

UnixWare 2.01

Installation Instructions:  

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the tf2150.Z and tf2150.txt files to the /tmp directory
    on your machine.

2.  Read the release notes contained in this file and follow the 
    instuctions to add the package to your system.

3.  Now become root, uncompress the file and add the package to your 
    system using the following commands:

        $ su
        # uncompress /tmp/tf2150.Z
        # pkgadd -d /tmp/tf2150

ENGINEERING RELEASE NOTES
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Title
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PTF2150 - Patch for Memory Leak in clnt_create()

Product And Version
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UnixWare 2.01, UnixWare 2.02

Abstract
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Corrects a memory leak in the clnt_create() function of RPC

Symptom
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A simple test program that merely loops doing a clnt_create
followed by clnt_destroy will be observed to grow without
bound.


SOLUTION SPECIFICS
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General Description.
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This patch installs an updated Network Services Library which
corrects a memory leak in the RPC function clnt_create().


New Features.
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None

Software Notes and Recommendations.
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This PTF can be installed on all UnixWare 2.01 or 2.02 systems.

Testing of the modified software contained in this package has
been conducted only to the extent necessary to confirm that it
resolves the problem(s) stated above ("Symptom").  Such testing
consists of recreating the problem conditions and verifying that 
the problem no longer occurs.  No other testing of this software 
has been done.

Hardware Notes and Recommendations.
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This PTF is targeted for the i386, i486 and Pentium CPU's.