linux-kernel - Re: [GIT BISECT] BUG kmalloc-8192: Object already free from kmem_cache

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Date:	Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:25:39 -0400
From:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
To:	Danny Feng <dfeng@...hat.com>
Cc:	cl@...ux-foundation.org, penberg@...helsinki.fi, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [GIT BISECT] BUG kmalloc-8192: Object already free from
 kmem_cache_destroy

On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 11:18 +0800, Danny Feng wrote:
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index b627675..40e12d5 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -3337,8 +3337,8 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char
> *name, size_t size,
>                                 goto err;
>                         }
>                         return s;
> -               }
> -               kfree(s);
> +               } else
> +                       kfree(s);
>         }
>         up_write(&slub_lock);
>   

Doesn't the return inside the conditional take care of this?  I'll give
it a try in the morning, but I don't see how this can solve the
problem....

-Eric

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