Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755434AbXE3Pkq (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 May 2007 11:40:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752575AbXE3Pki (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 May 2007 11:40:38 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.13]:46355 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752074AbXE3Pkh convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 May 2007 11:40:37 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 08:39:53 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Tero Roponen Cc: Pekka Enberg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox , Andy Whitcroft Subject: Re: tty-related oops in latest kernel(s)? Message-Id: <20070530083953.9909bcef.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: References: <84144f020705280022lf3902caj1def02ed56e0bff@mail.gmail.com> <84144f020705280234g39aa04b3hfe369f4477e6043d@mail.gmail.com> <84144f020705291157k465ec6c4sb81081844bb57514@mail.gmail.com> <84144f020705292254o319f6619m787bf29491c92509@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.1 (GTK+ 2.8.17; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 6786 Lines: 140 On Wed, 30 May 2007 15:02:49 +0300 (EEST) Tero Roponen wrote: > On Wed, 30 May 2007, Pekka Enberg wrote: > > > On 5/30/07, Tero Roponen wrote: > > > Hmmm, I just found something interesting. In 2.6.21.3 the /sbin/init > > > gets corrupted when I watch the video! > > > > > > $ cp /sbin/init init.before > > > $ mplayer kiwi.flv > > > $ cp /sbin/init init.after > > > > > > The sha1sums are here: > > > > > > 52c8d643057619cbe137b8e69d4709ce3bdd832d init.after > > > 8efc7864a5b535a9e336fa82e9d7f112f3d956c1 init.before > > > > > > It seems that something corrupts memory somewhere... > > > > To debug this a bit further: > > > > $ od -a -t x1 -v init.after > init.after.dump > > $ od -a -t x1 -v init.before > init.before.dump > > $ diff -u init.before.dump init.after.dump | less > > > > -0011340 nul nul nul e9 f0 fe ff ff ff % < soh enq bs h 80 > > - 00 00 00 e9 f0 fe ff ff ff 25 3c 01 05 08 68 80 > > +0010000 y ack nul nul y ack nul nul y ack nul nul y ack nul nul > > + 79 06 00 00 79 06 00 00 79 06 00 00 79 06 00 00 > > +0010020 y ack nul nul y ack nul nul y ack nul nul y ack nul nul > > + 79 06 00 00 79 06 00 00 79 06 00 00 79 06 00 00 > > +0011340 y ack nul nul y ack nul nul ff % < soh enq bs h 80 > > + 79 06 00 00 79 06 00 00 ff 25 3c 01 05 08 68 80 > > > > The file at offset 0010000 - 0011348 is overwritten with the byte > > pattern 79 06 00 00. > > > > Do you see anything in the logs or is this a silent corruption? Did > > you see this corruption with 2.6.19 or 2.6.22-rc3? > > > > I recompiled 2.6.22-rc3 and booted it with slub_debug. Now I can't oops > the kernel, but ./slab_info -v gives me a warning: > > neofb: no support for 32bpp > neofb: no support for 32bpp > neofb: no support for 32bpp > neofb: no support for 32bpp > neofb: no support for 32bpp > neofb: no support for 32bpp > neofb: no support for 32bpp > neofb: no support for 32bpp > neofb: no support for 32bpp > neofb: no support for 32bpp > neofb: no support for 32bpp > neofb: no support for 32bpp > neofb: no support for 32bpp > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x768) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1152x864) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1152x864) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1152x864) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1152x864) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1152x864) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1152x864) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1152x864) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1152x864) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1152x864) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1152x864) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1152x864) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1152x864) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x1024) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x1024) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x1024) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1024x1024) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1280x1024) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1280x1024) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1280x1024) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > Mode (1280x1024) larger than the LCD panel (800x600) > *** SLUB kmalloc-1024: Redzone Active@0xc10be860 slab 0xc10217c0 > offset=2144 flags=0x80004082 inuse=7 freelist=0x00000000 > Bytes b4 0xc10be850: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ........ZZZZZZZZ > Object 0xc10be860: 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 20 03 00 00 58 02 00 00 ............X... > Object 0xc10be870: 20 03 00 00 58 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....X........... > Object 0xc10be880: 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 ................ > Object 0xc10be890: 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ > Object 0xc10be8a0: 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ > Object 0xc10be8b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ > Object 0xc10be8c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 a8 61 00 00 ????????....?a.. > Object 0xc10be8d0: 58 00 00 00 28 00 00 00 17 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 X...(........... > Redzone 0xc10bec60: 4d 6b 00 00 Mk.. > FreePointer 0xc10bec64 -> 0x00006b4d > Last alloc: 0x6b4d jiffies_ago=4294923792 cpu=27469 pid=27469 > Last free : 0x6b4d jiffies_ago=4294923792 cpu=27469 pid=27469 > Filler 0xc10bec88: 4d 6b 00 00 4d 6b 00 00 Mk..Mk.. > [] check_object+0x64/0x23d > [] validate_slab+0xff/0x12a > [] validate_slab_slab+0xe/0x51 > [] validate_store+0x9b/0xe8 > [] __handle_mm_fault+0x370/0x68b > [] validate_store+0x0/0xe8 > [] slab_attr_store+0x1e/0x22 > [] sysfs_write_file+0xad/0xd6 > [] sysfs_write_file+0x0/0xd6 > [] vfs_write+0x8a/0x10c > [] sys_write+0x41/0x67 > [] sysenter_past_esp+0x5f/0x85 > ======================= > @@@ SLUB kmalloc-1024: Restoring redzone (0xcc) from 0xc10bec60-0xc10bec63 > So something did an overwrite of a 1024-byte kmalloc. Unfortunately that overwrite seems to have trashed our last-alloc info, so we don't know who allocated that memory. Darn. Does the problem go away if you disable CONFIG_SLUB and enable CONFIG_SLAB? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/