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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:46:18 +0200
From: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
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To: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] slab: redzone double-free detection
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Pekka Enberg wrote:

>From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
>
>This patch adds double-free detection to redzone verification when freeing
>an object. As explained by Manfred, when we are freeing an object, both
>redzones should be RED_ACTIVE. However, if both are RED_INACTIVE, we are
>trying to free an object that was already free'd.
>
>Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
>Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
>  
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Signed-Off-By: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>