linux-kernel - Re: Happy v2.6.28

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Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:57:10 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Hans Lambrechts <hans.lambrechts@...net.be>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Happy v2.6.28

Hi Hans,

On Thu, 2008-12-25 at 13:45 +0100, Hans Lambrechts wrote:
> > Looks like slab corruption. Can we have your .config, please? I'm
> > cc'ing netdev as the oops happens in kmem_cache_alloc() so the
> > networking code is a prime suspect of the corrupting kmem_cache_free()
> > call (although the bug might be elsewhere as well).

Can you boot the kernel with "slub_debug slub_nomerge" passed as kernel
parameters and try to reproduce the oops, please? Maybe we can get more
information on the bug.

Alternatively, you can do a git bisect to pinpoint the broken patch
between -rc9 and -final.

		Pekka

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