linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-mm2 - oops in cache_alloc

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Message-Id: <200609300331.k8U3V71c008874@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:31:07 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	jt@....hp.com
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-mm2 - oops in cache_alloc_refill()

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:33:48 PDT, Jean Tourrilhes said:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 06:20:08PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:01:54 -0400
> > > 
> > > Here's the traceback I got:
> > > 
> > > slab error in verify_redzone_free(): cache `size-32': memory outside object was overwritten

> 	Hum... Not clear what's happening. I'll look more into it on
> monday.

Fair enough,  I'm going to try reverting the 2 commits and see if things
behave better.

> 	I'm using Orinoco, I've not seen that with iwconfig.
> 	I'll look into that...

I'll bet it's the difference between a modern iwconfig and a 3-year-old
stone-age gkrellm plugin :)

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