linux-kernel - Re: dell_smbios KASAN bug

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Date:   Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:32:27 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>
Cc:     Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
        Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dell_smbios KASAN bug

On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:28:56 -0500
Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com> wrote:

> > > Unfortunately, no.  
> > 
> > That's really weird. I would recommend throwing in a bunch of printks
> > to see if things are being freed and set, to make sure this code is
> > hit
> > and something else isn't just corrupting it.
> >   
> 
> Actually the patch does make the KASAN bug go away - I'm so used to
> building without modules that I forgot to rebuild the module after
> applying the patch, sigh.

I wasn't about to say anything. That's why I suggested adding printks
and trying it again ;-)

-- Steve