Ath11k: memory leak seemingly fixed on latest Snapshot build

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Follow-up to this: OpenWrt 24.10.0-rc7 - Seventh Release Candidate - #56 by dspalu32

Presumably related to the change to 6.12 kernel 2 days ago, an ongoing qualcommax/ath11k memory leak has suddenly disappeared. It was still present on snapshot 27/04/2025, but is now good on a build from 20/05/2025

I used to have a 3-day reboot on cron to avoid OOM panics, now no longer necessary and with no other config change:

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Every snapshot and release since late-2022 has suffered similar memory leaks on this unit. I imagine it's something specific about my multi-AP+WDS ath11k config. My other two AX3600s didn't have any such issues on the same builds for the past years, but with more basic ath11k use.

Thanks @robimarko!

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most likely, I'm still using a Feb 2023 snapshot on two WRX36 AP's, uptime is currently 101 days.
last reboot was caused by a power outage, not by an issue with the units.

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Feedback after 1 week: the memory leak is still absent. No upward trend whatsoever. All good.

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