Re: 2.6.36-rc1 -- BUG: kmalloc-4096: Object already free -- INFO:Allocated in wireless_send_event+0x21d/0x344

From: Johannes Berg
Date: Fri Aug 20 2010 - 09:44:11 EST


On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 12:20 -0700, Miles Lane wrote:
> Is this indicative of a kernel bug or just problems with userspace apps?
>
> [ 44.455666] BUG kmalloc-4096: Object already free
> [ 44.455670] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [ 44.455673]
> [ 44.455685] INFO: Allocated in wireless_send_event+0x21d/0x344
> age=0 cpu=1 pid=635

It's a bug that even exists in 2.6.35, fixed here:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=daa3766e705c2605bd7f63b80c7742014ef9e04e
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=68d6ac6d2740b6a55f3ae92a4e0be6d881904b32

johannes

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