Kernel Bug question

[Lukas Ertl]

On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Jean M. Vandette wrote:

> >Apr 13 13:19:20 ms /kernel: panic: malloc: wrong bucket
> >Apr 13 13:19:20 ms /kernel:
> >Apr 13 13:19:20 ms /kernel: syncing disks... 75 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 41 3
> >3 3 3 3 3 3 8 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
> >
> >Apr 14 06:33:52 ms /kernel: panic: malloc: lost data
> >Apr 14 06:33:52 ms /kernel:
> >Apr 14 06:33:52 ms /kernel: syncing disks... 73 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 28 5
> >5 5 5 5 5 5 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
> >Apr 14 06:33:52 ms /kernel: giving up on 1 buffers
>
> Looks like a part of the kernel using data that it doesn't own, ie. a
> kernel bug
> Anyone else seen this type of message and better still have you found a fix?

You should probably build a debug kernel and get a core dump by setting
dumpdev in /etc/rc.conf. Then you can try to debug the kernel with gdb (or
at least send the output of the backtrace).

regards,
le

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