linux-kernel - Re: Several bugs in latest kernel

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Date:	Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:51:34 -0600 (CST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
cc:	mgorman@...e.de, Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	"mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Several bugs in latest kernel

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:

> [ 7314.427769] kernel BUG at mm/slab.c:3111!

A typical case of memory corruption. Enable object debugging in the slab
allocator to figure out what. CONFIG_SLUB=y CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON=y will
get you to a config where you would likely get detailed reports on what is
corrupted.
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