Re: [BUG] kernel BUG at slab.c:1402! -- 2.4.2-0.1.28

Andrew Morton
2001-03-22T08:07:44Z

Keith Owens wrote:
>
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 23:15:14 -0800,
> Greg Billock <greg@thebilberry.com> wrote:
> >Summary: Hotplugging a USB device causes an unrecoverable kernel Aiee!
> >
> >Copied from screen after interrupt handler killed, so sorry for
> >incompleteness. This
> >bug is reproducable so if necessary, I can try it again....
>
> The complete oops report is required, and it needs to be run through
> ksymoops. See Documentation/oops-tracing.txt.

It's a known problem, I think. USB is incompatible
with slab redzoning. Turn off `Debug memory allocation'
in the kernel hacking menu.