The patch titled SLUB: Fix slab validation error in bootstrap cache has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is slub-core-fix-slab-validation-error-in-bootstrap-cache.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: SLUB: Fix slab validation error in bootstrap cache From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> Bootstrap does not properly setup the redzone information when we allocate the kmem_cache_node information by hand early in the bootstrap. With full debugging on slab validation complains about wrong Redzone information (and fixes it, good but ...) Do proper initialization of the object with the redzone information. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slub.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff -puN mm/slub.c~slub-core-fix-slab-validation-error-in-bootstrap-cache mm/slub.c --- a/mm/slub.c~slub-core-fix-slab-validation-error-in-bootstrap-cache +++ a/mm/slub.c @@ -1562,6 +1562,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache_node * __init e page->freelist = get_freepointer(kmalloc_caches, n); page->inuse++; kmalloc_caches->node[node] = n; + init_object(kmalloc_caches, n, 1); init_kmem_cache_node(n); atomic_long_inc(&n->nr_slabs); add_partial(kmalloc_caches, page); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from clameter@xxxxxxx are extend-print_symbol-capability.patch slab-introduce-krealloc.patch ia64-sn-xpc-convert-to-use-kthread-api-fix.patch ia64-sn-xpc-convert-to-use-kthread-api-fix-2.patch add-apply_to_page_range-which-applies-a-function-to-a-pte-range.patch add-apply_to_page_range-which-applies-a-function-to-a-pte-range-fix.patch safer-nr_node_ids-and-nr_node_ids-determination-and-initial.patch use-zvc-counters-to-establish-exact-size-of-dirtyable-pages.patch slab-ensure-cache_alloc_refill-terminates.patch smaps-extract-pmd-walker-from-smaps-code.patch smaps-add-pages-referenced-count-to-smaps.patch smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference.patch slab-use-num_possible_cpus-in-enable_cpucache.patch i386-use-page-allocator-to-allocate-thread_info-structure.patch slub-core.patch slub-core-conform-more-to-slabs-slab_hwcache_align-behavior.patch slub-core-reduce-the-order-of-allocations-to-avoid-fragmentation.patch slub-core-sysfs-support-fix-unique-id-generation.patch slub-core-printk-cleanup-object_err.patch slub-core-printk-cleanup-add-slab_err.patch slub-core-printk-cleanup-fix-up-printks-in-the-resiliency-check.patch slub-core-fix-slab-validation-error-in-bootstrap-cache.patch make-page-private-usable-in-compound-pages-v1.patch make-page-private-usable-in-compound-pages-v1-hugetlb-fix.patch optimize-compound_head-by-avoiding-a-shared-page.patch add-virt_to_head_page-and-consolidate-code-in-slab-and-slub.patch slub-fix-object-tracking.patch slub-enable-tracking-of-full-slabs.patch slub-enable-tracking-of-full-slabs-fix.patch slub-enable-tracking-of-full-slabs-add-checks-for-interrupts-disabled.patch slub-validation-of-slabs-metadata-and-guard-zones.patch slub-validation-of-slabs-metadata-and-guard-zones-fix-pageerror-checks-during-validation.patch slub-validation-of-slabs-metadata-and-guard-zones-remove-duplicate-vm_bug_on.patch slub-validation-of-slabs-metadata-and-guard-zones-printk-cleanup-slab-validation-printks.patch slub-add-min_partial.patch slub-add-ability-to-list-alloc--free-callers-per-slab.patch slub-add-ability-to-list-alloc--free-callers-per-slab-tidy.patch slub-free-slabs-and-sort-partial-slab-lists-in-kmem_cache_shrink.patch slub-free-slabs-and-sort-partial-slab-lists-in-kmem_cache_shrink-fixes-to-kmem_cache_shrink.patch slub-remove-object-activities-out-of-checking-functions.patch slub-remove-object-activities-out-of-checking-functions-printk-cleanup-diagnostic-functions.patch slub-user-documentation.patch slub-user-documentation-fix.patch slub-add-slabinfo-tool.patch slub-add-slabinfo-tool-update-slabinfoc.patch slub-major-slabinfo-update.patch slub-slabinfo-remove-hackname.patch slub-exploit-page-mobility-to-increase-allocation-order.patch slub-mm-only-make-slub-the-default-slab-allocator.patch slub-remove-per-cpu-flusher.patch slub-slabinfo-more-statistic-fixes-and-handling-fixes.patch quicklists-for-page-table-pages.patch quicklists-for-page-table-pages-avoid-useless-virt_to_page-conversion.patch quicklists-for-page-table-pages-avoid-useless-virt_to_page-conversion-fix.patch quicklist-support-for-ia64.patch quicklist-support-for-x86_64.patch quicklist-support-for-sparc64.patch slab-allocators-remove-obsolete-slab_must_hwcache_align.patch kmem_cache-simplify-slab-cache-creation.patch slab-allocators-remove-slab_debug_initial-flag.patch slab-allocators-remove-slab_debug_initial-flag-locks-fix.patch slab-allocators-remove-multiple-alignment-specifications.patch slab-allocators-remove-slab_ctor_atomic.patch fault-injection-fix-failslab-with-config_numa.patch mm-fix-handling-of-panic_on_oom-when-cpusets-are-in-use.patch slub-i386-support.patch slab-shutdown-cache_reaper-when-cpu-goes-down.patch mm-implement-swap-prefetching.patch revoke-core-code-slab-allocators-remove-slab_debug_initial-flag-revoke.patch readahead-state-based-method-aging-accounting.patch vmstat-use-our-own-timer-events.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html