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Date:      Sun, 3 Nov 2013 09:13:21 -0500
From:      Diane Bruce <db@db.net>
To:        Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com>, jasone@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org, Howard Su <howard0su@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: sshd crash
Message-ID:  <20131103141321.GA57218@night.db.net>
In-Reply-To: <20131102153953.GA39106@night.db.net>
References:  <CAAvnz_rj43Ww6=mMfnp2u5TA2pWb20vWOqyAtuK08wgzy0dH6A@mail.gmail.com> <1383313834.31172.65.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <CAHNYxxMMF_GJv10drYuQFO%2Bav%2BTdp8OBvJfFZObEZ=tgaBovSA@mail.gmail.com> <1383328423.31172.92.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <CAHNYxxNiuKP8wfTaZuL%2BBXiLcYA9eU3LBb-659ZBYr-WBSmZeQ@mail.gmail.com> <1383343354.31172.102.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <EB18203F-C516-4917-9AA4-DBA6E66DAAB6@kientzle.com> <1383399220.31172.116.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <20131102153953.GA39106@night.db.net>

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On Sat, Nov 02, 2013 at 10:39:53AM -0500, Diane Bruce wrote:
...
> > > If I recall correctly, it started up when the malloc libc symbols
> > > were changed.  That may have altered what malloc implementation
> > > sshd used.
> > > 
> > > So it could be a long-standing stray write that jemalloc just
> > > happens to detect.
> > > 
> > > It could also be related to locking (there's some multi-threaded
> > > crypto code in sshd that may be involved).
...
> 
> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=250991
> > 
> 
> When jemalloc was turned on for userland. There existed an older malloc
> (also by jasone)
> 
> /usr/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c

I made a rushed mistake here. What happens is there is a simple 
version of malloc in libexec/rtld-elf that gets used if jemalloc is
not used. This version works fine.

/*
 * malloc.c (Caltech) 2/21/82
 * Chris Kingsley, kingsley@cit-20.

...

- Diane
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