Hi, > I got the following output when running some tests (I'm not really sure > what exactly happened when this bug was triggered): > > [13850.947279] ============================================================================= > [13850.948024] BUG kmalloc-8: Redzone overwritten > [13850.948024] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > [13850.948024] > [13850.948024] INFO: 0xffff8800104f6d28-0xffff8800104f6d2b. First byte 0x0 instead of 0xcc > [13850.948024] INFO: Allocated in __seq_open_private+0x20/0x5e age=4436 cpu=0 pid=17295 > [13850.948024] __slab_alloc.clone.46+0x3e7/0x456 > [13850.948024] __kmalloc+0x8c/0x110 > [13850.948024] __seq_open_private+0x20/0x5e > [13850.948024] seq_open_net+0x3b/0x5d > [13850.948024] dev_mc_seq_open+0x15/0x17 > [13850.948024] proc_reg_open+0xad/0x127 I just hit this during my testing. Isn't there another bug lurking? Anton -- With slub debugging on I see red zone issues in /proc/*/net/dev_mcast: ============================================================================= BUG kmalloc-8: Redzone overwritten ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- INFO: 0xc0000000de9dec48-0xc0000000de9dec4b. First byte 0x0 instead of 0xcc INFO: Allocated in .__seq_open_private+0x30/0xa0 age=0 cpu=5 pid=3896 .__kmalloc+0x1e0/0x2d0 .__seq_open_private+0x30/0xa0 .seq_open_net+0x60/0xe0 .dev_mc_seq_open+0x4c/0x70 .proc_reg_open+0xd8/0x260 .__dentry_open.clone.11+0x2b8/0x400 .do_last+0xf4/0x950 .path_openat+0xf8/0x480 .do_filp_open+0x48/0xc0 .do_sys_open+0x140/0x250 syscall_exit+0x0/0x40 dev_mc_seq_ops uses dev_seq_start/next/stop but only allocates sizeof(struct seq_net_private) of private data, whereas it expects sizeof(struct dev_iter_state): struct dev_iter_state { struct seq_net_private p; unsigned int pos; /* bucket << BUCKET_SPACE + offset */ }; Create dev_seq_open_ops and use it so we don't have to expose struct dev_iter_state. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx> --- Index: linux-net/include/linux/netdevice.h =================================================================== --- linux-net.orig/include/linux/netdevice.h 2011-11-28 17:55:51.469508056 +1100 +++ linux-net/include/linux/netdevice.h 2011-11-28 17:55:52.985535812 +1100 @@ -2536,6 +2536,8 @@ extern void net_disable_timestamp(void) extern void *dev_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos); extern void *dev_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos); extern void dev_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v); +extern int dev_seq_open_ops(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, + const struct seq_operations *ops); #endif extern int netdev_class_create_file(struct class_attribute *class_attr); Index: linux-net/net/core/dev.c =================================================================== --- linux-net.orig/net/core/dev.c 2011-11-28 17:55:51.481508276 +1100 +++ linux-net/net/core/dev.c 2011-11-28 17:55:52.989535885 +1100 @@ -4282,6 +4282,12 @@ static int dev_seq_open(struct inode *in sizeof(struct dev_iter_state)); } +int dev_seq_open_ops(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, + const struct seq_operations *ops) +{ + return seq_open_net(inode, file, ops, sizeof(struct dev_iter_state)); +} + static const struct file_operations dev_seq_fops = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, .open = dev_seq_open, Index: linux-net/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c =================================================================== --- linux-net.orig/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c 2011-11-28 17:55:47.845441705 +1100 +++ linux-net/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c 2011-11-28 17:55:52.989535885 +1100 @@ -696,8 +696,7 @@ static const struct seq_operations dev_m static int dev_mc_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { - return seq_open_net(inode, file, &dev_mc_seq_ops, - sizeof(struct seq_net_private)); + return dev_seq_open_ops(inode, file, &dev_mc_seq_ops); } static const struct file_operations dev_mc_seq_fops = { -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>