Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:26:52 +0100 | From | "Vegard Nossum" <> | Subject | Re: kernel BUG at mm/slab.c:601 |
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[Resend with (I hope) working e-mail address for Mauro]
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 2:25 AM, Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> wrote: >>> [ 527.562373] ffffffff8043b157 0000000000200200 ffffffffa02810d4 >>> ffff88001e13c600 >> >> LIST_POISON2 on the stack: >> >> include/linux/poison.h:#define LIST_POISON2 ((void *) 0x00200200) > > So looking at bttv source code, I wonder what the codes like these are > trying to do: > > if (set->top->vb.queue.next) > list_del(&set->top->vb.queue); > > Code is ancient, I'll ask Mauro. > > > Vegard > > -- > "The animistic metaphor of the bug that maliciously sneaked in while > the programmer was not looking is intellectually dishonest as it > disguises that the error is the programmer's own creation." > -- E. W. Dijkstra, EWD1036 >
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