linux-ext4 - Re: ext4 object already free.

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Date:	Fri, 5 Apr 2013 09:49:29 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	tytso@....edu, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ext4 object already free.

On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 12:25:53PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
 
 > > [   93.672257]  [<ffffffff812c2da9>] sys_msgctl+0x139/0x400
 > > [   93.674641]  [<ffffffff816c5d4d>] ? retint_swapgs+0xe/0x13
 > > [   93.677056]  [<ffffffff810b6c55>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x115/0x1a0
 > > [   93.679626]  [<ffffffff8134b39e>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f
 > > [   93.682159]  [<ffffffff816cd942>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
 > > [   93.799329] FIX kmalloc-64: Object at 0xffff88009997e620 not freed
 >   And then sys_msgctl() came and wanted to free it again without
 > allocating. So it looks like a problem with IPC? 

Seems plausible, considering the bugs Linus & others found there in the 
last week.  Should be fixed now, so I'll holler if I see this again.

thanks,

	Dave

 
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