From: Zwane Mwaikambo ahc_linux_free_device() needs to use del_timer_sync(). slab corruption has been observed due to the timer handler running after the containing object was freed. drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c~adaptec-del_timer_sync drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c --- 25/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c~adaptec-del_timer_sync 2003-04-02 22:51:19.000000000 -0800 +++ 25-akpm/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c 2003-04-02 22:51:19.000000000 -0800 @@ -4097,7 +4097,7 @@ ahc_linux_free_device(struct ahc_softc * { struct ahc_linux_target *targ; - del_timer(&dev->timer); + del_timer_sync(&dev->timer); targ = dev->target; targ->devices[dev->lun] = NULL; free(dev, M_DEVBUF); _