“kmem_cache_create: duplicate cache XXX”
In my kernel module, firstly I wrote:
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int alloc_device(const char *name, int number) { char name[64]; snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "worker%d", number); request_cache = kmem_cache_create(name, SECTOR_SIZE, 0, NULL, NULL); ...... } |
In centos 7, this module works fine, but after port to centos 6, this kernel module reports:
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kmem_cache_create: duplicate cache worker0 ...... |
The key to this problme is in the implementation of kmem_cache_create() in 2.6.32 linux kernel (for centos 6):
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struct kmem_cache * kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *)) { ...... cachep->ctor = ctor; cachep->name = name; ...... |
After creating a new pool,… Read more »