linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.32-rc5-git1 -- BUG kmalloc-8192: Poison overwritten (ath9k implicated)

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Date:	Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:15:39 -0800
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>
To:	Miles Lane <miles.lane@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Felix Bitterli <ic.felix@...il.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.32-rc5-git1 -- BUG kmalloc-8192: Poison overwritten (ath9k 
	implicated)

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Miles Lane <miles.lane@...il.com> wrote:
> Let me know if you want my .config file.  I think this was triggered by
> suspending my laptop.
>
> BUG kmalloc-8192: Poison overwritten

Thanks for your report Miles.

Are you using Linus' tree? Felix wrote some patches that got rid of
the rate control private area which we kmalloc/kfree and at least one
user reported that these patches fixed a memory leak. I'm curious if
the same patches would resolve this issue.

Only thing is these patches apply against wireless-testing and not
2.6.32. To test them you'd have to pull wireless-testing master to
your tree and then apply the patches both before and after.

Would you be up to try that?

   Luis
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