linux-kernel - Re: NFS write OOPS with 2.6.29.2

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Date:	Sun, 10 May 2009 00:17:54 -0400
From:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>
To:	Holger Kiehl <Holger.Kiehl@....de>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: NFS write OOPS with 2.6.29.2

On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 19:16 +0000, Holger Kiehl wrote:
> On Mon, 4 May 2009, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> >
> > (cc linux-nfs)
> >
> > On Sun, 3 May 2009 16:03:38 +0000 (GMT) Holger Kiehl <Holger.Kiehl@....de> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello
> >>
> >> With plain kernel 2.6.29.2 I get the following OOPS (several of them) when
> >> writing lots of small files on the client system:
> >>
> >>     May  3 18:48:34 obelix kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
> >>     May  3 18:48:34 obelix kernel: kernel BUG at fs/nfs/write.c:252!
> >
> > I think this is a well-know bug, and fixes should be available in 2.6.29.3?
> >
> Thanks for this information. I just tried 2.6.29.3 and it still oopses.
> Are there any patches I can try?

The attached backports against 2.6.29 are untested, but they are known
to compile at least. Could you give them a try?

Cheers
  Trond


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