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SubjectRe: 2.6.32-rc5-git1 -- BUG kmalloc-8192: Poison overwritten (ath9k implicated)
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Miles Lane <miles.lane@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Let me know if you want my .config file.  I think this was triggered by
>> suspending my laptop.
>>
>> BUG kmalloc-8192: Poison overwritten
>
> Thanks for your report Miles.
>
> Are you using Linus' tree? Felix wrote some patches that got rid of
> the rate control private area which we kmalloc/kfree and at least one
> user reported that these patches fixed a memory leak. I'm curious if
> the same patches would resolve this issue.
>
> Only thing is these patches apply against wireless-testing and not
> 2.6.32. To test them you'd have to pull wireless-testing master to
> your tree and then apply the patches both before and after.
>
> Would you be up to try that?

Yes, definitely. Thanks. I will try to accomplish this and let you
know if I get stuck.

Miles
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