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Date:      Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:28:20 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Scott <scottl@pooker.samsco.org>
To:        Pawel Worach <pawel.worach@gmail.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: [releng_6] mpt(4) Memory modified after free panic
Message-ID:  <20050927162641.N5371@pooker.samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <d227e09e05092714314174d7c7@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <d227e09e0509261455347a9aca@mail.gmail.com> <20050927003401.GE72460@xor.obsecurity.org> <d227e09e05092714314174d7c7@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Pawel Worach wrote:

> On 9/27/05, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 11:55:53PM +0200, Pawel Worach wrote:
>>> Trying to use a mpt controller with only one disk attached so it's not
>>> possible to configure a RAID-1 volume.
>>> Trying to boot 6.0-BETA1 install cd results in this panic. Should it
>>> possible to use a single disk behind an mpt(4) with the updated driver? This
>>> configuration works fine on 5.4.
>>
>> You should retry with 6.0-BETA5 - dozens of bugs have been fixed since
>> then.  If it persists, you should set up DEBUG_MEMGUARD to watch the
>> M_BUS malloc type..this requires some minor source file editing and a
>> kernel recompile (you can build it on e.g. 5.4).
>
> False alarm, BETA5 with WITNESS and INVARIANTS re-enabled works just fine.
> BETA1 was the only thing I had handy the first time and since mpt(4)
> was unchanged I thought it would still be broken, I'll try to think
> less next time :)
> For future reference, how do I get hold of the M_BUS malloc type in
> kern_malloc.c ?
>
> --
> Pawel
>
mpt likely is not the problem.  It's the one that catches the misbehavior.

Scott



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