Date: 08 Jun 2001 15:06:34 +0200 From: Assar Westerlund <assar@FreeBSD.ORG> To: <deepak@ai.net> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: New error - lost data? Message-ID: <5l8zj3ruhx.fsf@assaris.sics.se> In-Reply-To: "Deepak Jain"'s message of "Fri, 8 Jun 2001 01:29:50 -0400" References: <GPEOJKGHAMKFIOMAGMDICEGGDBAA.deepak@ai.net>
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"Deepak Jain" <deepak@ai.net> writes: > Others have seen this error (based on a Google search) but nothing recent > and nothing that conclusive. This is a very standard config that has been > stable for quite a while. The panic: malloc: lost data implies to me that > something is misbehaving with its memory allocations. > > Is this a hardware issue or an application problem? The kernel is 4.1 > RELEASE. The RAM is ECC. It should not be an application problem. It indicates that the memory pool administered by the kernel malloc is corrupt. Either it's a bug in the kernel or bad memory. Does it only happen on that particular machine with that particular memory? /assar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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