Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964871AbWH1WhU (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:37:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964869AbWH1WhU (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:37:20 -0400 Received: from omx2-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.19]:16095 "EHLO omx2.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964872AbWH1WhS (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:37:18 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:36:43 +1000 From: Nathan Scott To: Kasper Sandberg , Jesper Juhl Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux v2.6.18-rc5 Message-ID: <20060829083643.A3150749@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> References: <9a8748490608280310q65c1335cr2603b044c340a489@mail.gmail.com> <1156760869.24904.1.camel@localhost> <9a8748490608280335w4474b489u45b3b0b05b7f2f44@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <9a8748490608280335w4474b489u45b3b0b05b7f2f44@mail.gmail.com>; from jesper.juhl@gmail.com on Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 12:35:00PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1343 Lines: 31 On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 12:35:00PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: > On 28/08/06, Kasper Sandberg wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 12:10 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > Not really a regression, more like a long standing bug, but XFS has > > > issues in 2.6.18-rc* (and earlier kernels, at least post 2.6.11). > > and you are saying this issue exists in all post .11 kernels? I would be surprised if this is not a day one bug, it probably even affects the IRIX version of XFS. Our problem is the lack of a test case to find it - my efforts have come to naught so far. I'm having to cross my fingers that Jesper can extract a bit more information when he's next able to hit it. > > > See the thread titled "2.6.18-rc3-git3 - XFS - BUG: unable to handle > > > kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000078" for the > > > full story. That, and another story - Jesper hijacked that thread ;) - the inital bug there was found and fixed, and the fix has now been merged. But (fyi, Kasper) much of that thread is discussing a different bug to this one. cheers. -- Nathan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/