Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from icebox.esperi.org.uk ([81.187.191.129]:36753 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932387Ab3HGVBg (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Aug 2013 17:01:36 -0400 From: Nix To: "Myklebust\, Trond" Cc: Jeff Layton , Toralf =?utf-8?Q?F=C3=B6rster?= , Oleg Nesterov , NFS list , Linux Kernel Mailing List , "dhowells\@redhat.com" Subject: Re: [3.10.4] NFS locking panic, plus persisting NFS shutdown panic from 3.9.* References: <8761vlv4z9.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <20130805084436.69ee4415@corrin.poochiereds.net> <87siyotcri.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <20130805110427.509db424@tlielax.poochiereds.net> <20130805111106.73d6ab90@tlielax.poochiereds.net> <87zjswrvaq.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <1375719301.7337.14.camel@leira.trondhjem.org> <20130805133739.21654ecb@tlielax.poochiereds.net> <1375726682.7337.29.camel@leira.trondhjem.org> <20130805143311.4ae59067@tlielax.poochiereds.net> <1375755693.7337.42.camel@leira.trondhjem.org> <87iozhst0s.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <1375889252.6488.1.camel@leira.trondhjem.org> Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 22:01:25 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1375889252.6488.1.camel@leira.trondhjem.org> (Trond Myklebust's message of "Wed, 7 Aug 2013 15:27:31 +0000") Message-ID: <87iozhmd0a.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 7 Aug 2013, Trond Myklebust said: > On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 11:18 +0100, Nix wrote: >> On 6 Aug 2013, Trond Myklebust verbalised: >> > True. How about something like the following instead. Note the change to >> > the original patch... >> >> Well, with those applied I could reboot without a panic for the first >> time since 3.8.x: looking good. I'll give it a reboot or two with a >> system that's not hot from booting though. > > Could you please also try applying only the 1/2 patch, to see if that > suffices to quell the shutdown panic? It doesn't suffice. I see this severely truncated oops: [ 115.799092] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008 [ 115.800284] IP: [] path_init+0x11c/0x36f [ 115.801463] PGD 0 [ 115.802625] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 115.803805] Modules linked in: [last unloaded: microcode] [ 115.804995] CPU: 3 PID: 1191 Comm: sleep Not tainted 3.10.5-05317-g3c9f6fa-dirty #2 [ 115.806207] Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/P8H61-MX USB3, BIOS 0506 08/10/2012 [ 115.807453] task: ffff8804189a0000 ti: ffff8803f74d6000 task.ti: ffff8803f74d6000 -- NULL && (void)