Re: [issue1777] vn panic: Freeing already free credential! 0xdef403f8

[Joe Talbott <josepht@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 09:45:37PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> 
> :I'm not sure this is the correct approach, but the attached patch
> :should fix this issue.
> :
> :Joe
> :...
> :
> :diff --git a/sys/dev/disk/vn/vn.c b/sys/dev/disk/vn/vn.c
> :index 95bcf44..9f45281 100644
> :--- a/sys/dev/disk/vn/vn.c
> :+++ b/sys/dev/disk/vn/vn.c
> :@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ vnsetcred(struct vn_softc *vn, struct ucred *cred)
> : 	 * Set credits in our softc
> : 	 */
> : 
> :-	if (vn->sc_cred)
> :+	if (vn->sc_cred && vn->sc_cred->cr_ref > 0)
> : 		crfree(vn->sc_cred);
> : 	vn->sc_cred = crdup(cred);
> 
>     That can't be right.  If vn->sc_cred is set at all there must be a
>     ref on it.  If there isn't something is leaking a crfree() without
>     clearing it.

I've been looking at the backtrace and in frame 6 vn->sc_cred is 0x00
but cr in frame 5 is non-NULL and appears to be corrupted.

Joe