(re@) FIX: malloc(9)/free(9) confusion bug in netgraph

Julian Elischer julian at elischer.org
Thu May 15 11:06:11 PDT 2003


I found it..
it's a wrong malloc type on a FREE()
it only happens in shutting down the node in some cases so you shouldn't
see it much.

But here's the fix: (excuse cut'n'paste)


re@, can I commit this fix?

Index: ng_bridge.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/netgraph/ng_bridge.c,v
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -r1.18 ng_bridge.c
--- ng_bridge.c 19 Feb 2003 05:47:31 -0000      1.18
+++ ng_bridge.c 15 May 2003 18:03:55 -0000
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@
        /* If node was shut down, this is the final lingering timeout */
        s = splnet();
        if (NG_NODE_NOT_VALID(node)) {
-               FREE(priv, M_NETGRAPH);
+               FREE(priv, M_NETGRAPH_BRIDGE);
                NG_NODE_SET_PRIVATE(node, NULL);
                NG_NODE_UNREF(node);
                splx(s);




On Thu, 15 May 2003, Martin Blapp wrote:

> 
> This just happened after I exited from X and did a soft reboot.
> Yes, vmware3 is installed with ng_bridgeing actived.
> 
> Probably freeing with wrong type, but maybe not here
> 
> panic()
> free()
> ng_bridge_timeout()
> softclock()
> ithread_loop()
> fork_exit()
> 
> Martin
> 
> Martin Blapp, <mb at imp.ch> <mbr at FreeBSD.org>
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