Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10737] New: pktgen procfs problem

From: Alexey Dobriyan <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 20:03:20 +0400

> remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'net/pktgen', leaking at least 'kpktgend_1'

reproduced, and BTW, proc stuff is least of worries. It can also oops via

list_del corruption. prev->next should be ffff81007e8a5e70, but was 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b
kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:67!
 :pktgen:pktgen_thread_worker+0x374/0x10b0
 ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
 ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x42/0x80
 ? :pktgen:pktgen_thread_worker+0x0/0x10b0
 kthread+0x4d/0x80
 child_rip+0xa/0x12
 ? restore_args+0x0/0x30
 ? kthread+0x0/0x80
 ? child_rip+0x0/0x12
RIP  list_del+0x48/0x70