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Date:	Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:44:02 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Miles Lane <miles.lane@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>
Subject: Re: 2.6.36-rc1 -- BUG: kmalloc-4096: Object already free -- INFO:
 Allocated in wireless_send_event+0x21d/0x344

On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 12:20 -0700, Miles Lane wrote:
> Is this indicative of a kernel bug or just problems with userspace apps?
> 
> [   44.455666] BUG kmalloc-4096: Object already free
> [   44.455670] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [   44.455673]
> [   44.455685] INFO: Allocated in wireless_send_event+0x21d/0x344
> age=0 cpu=1 pid=635

It's a bug that even exists in 2.6.35, fixed here:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=daa3766e705c2605bd7f63b80c7742014ef9e04e
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=68d6ac6d2740b6a55f3ae92a4e0be6d881904b32

johannes

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