Re: kernel BUG at mm/slab.c:601

[Vegard Nossum]

[Resend with (I hope) working e-mail address for Mauro]

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 2:25 AM, Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> [  527.562373]  ffffffff8043b157 0000000000200200 ffffffffa02810d4
>>> ffff88001e13c600
>>
>> LIST_POISON2 on the stack:
>>
>> include/linux/poison.h:#define LIST_POISON2  ((void *) 0x00200200)
>
> So looking at bttv source code, I wonder what the codes like these are
> trying to do:
>
>                        if (set->top->vb.queue.next)
>                                list_del(&set->top->vb.queue);
>
> Code is ancient, I'll ask Mauro.
>
>
> Vegard
>
> --
> "The animistic metaphor of the bug that maliciously sneaked in while
> the programmer was not looking is intellectually dishonest as it
> disguises that the error is the programmer's own creation."
>        -- E. W. Dijkstra, EWD1036
>
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