This is the bug sas: DOING DISCOVERY on port 1, pid:2009 INIT: slab error in verify_redzone_free(): cache `size-1024': memory outside object was overwritten [<c010400a>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x30 [<c0104642>] show_trace+0x12/0x20 [<c01046f6>] dump_stack+0x16/0x20 [<c0161866>] __slab_error+0x26/0x30 [<c01619b1>] cache_free_debugcheck+0x141/0x1f0 [<c016216d>] kfree+0x7d/0xf0 [<f8966e7f>] ata_sas_port_alloc+0x5f/0x80 [libata] [<f893c5be>] sas_ata_init_host_and_port+0x5e/0xa0 [libsas] [<f893c2dd>] sas_target_alloc+0x4d/0x60 [libsas] [<f8995368>] scsi_alloc_target+0x208/0x320 [scsi_mod] [<f8995579>] __scsi_scan_target+0x59/0x6d0 [scsi_mod] [<f8996287>] scsi_scan_target+0xa7/0xc0 [scsi_mod] [<f8910c9f>] sas_rphy_add+0xdf/0x110 [scsi_transport_sas] [<f8936d19>] sas_discover_sata+0x79/0x480 [libsas] [<f8937581>] sas_discover_domain+0x3d1/0x490 [libsas] [<c012b327>] run_workqueue+0xe7/0x170 [<c012bad7>] worker_thread+0x147/0x170 [<c012e847>] kthread+0xb7/0xe0 [<c0103c23>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x14 ======================= f707398c: redzone 1:0xc023e580, redzone 2:0x6b6b6b6b. Just struck. This looks to be the problem: ent = ata_probe_ent_alloc(host->dev, port_info); [...] kfree(ent); However, if you look in ata_probe_ent_alloc() you see /* XXX - the following if can go away once all LLDs are managed */ if (!list_empty(&dev->devres_head)) probe_ent = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*probe_ent), GFP_KERNEL); else probe_ent = kzalloc(sizeof(*probe_ent), GFP_KERNEL); The problem is that memory obtained by devm_kzalloc() cannot be returned by kfree() ... they come from different allocation lists. The solution is probably to have a corresponding ata_probe_ent_free(), I just don't exactly see how to tell if the object came from the devm_kzalloc or not (unless it gets marked). James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
