Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (808 mails)

[Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

El 03/08/11 22:22, Cristian Rodríguez escribió:
> El 03/08/11 22:01, Cristian Rodríguez escribió:
> > Hi there ;)
> >
> > Strange issue here, every time I issue a "dmesg" as user, the output
> > ends with
> >
> > \xffffffba\xffffffba\xffffffba\xffffffba\xffffffba\xffffffba\xffffffba\xffffffba\xffffffba\xffffffba\xffffffba\xffffffba\xffffffba\xffffffba
> > (ad nauseum several lines more)
> >
> > cat'ing /var/log/messages does not result in this behaviour.. I wonder
> > what the hell the system is trying to tell me =)
> >
> > Any pointers appreciated.
>
> Of course I can interpret that as
>
>
> \x --> printf() conversion specifier unsigned hexadecimal format
>
> ffffffba --> 4,294,967,226 --> hrmmmmm, something overflowing  UINT_MAX
> at some point ?

Definitively some sort of overflow, unset 'ing MALLOC_PERTURB_ makes the
"hey bug here" alert go away.

Also does not happend when running with  valgrind
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