linux-kernel - Re: [Bug #14894] pohmelfs: NULL pointer dereference

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Date:	Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:37:54 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [Bug #14894] pohmelfs: NULL pointer dereference

On Tuesday 29 December 2009, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 04:28:52PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki (rjw@...k.pl) wrote:
> > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> > of regressions introduced between 2.6.31 and 2.6.32.
> > 
> > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > introduced between 2.6.31 and 2.6.32.  Please verify if it still should
> > be listed and let me know (either way).
> > 
> > 
> > Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14894
> > Subject		: pohmelfs: NULL pointer dereference
> > Submitter	: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>
> > Date		: 2009-12-02 1:11 (28 days old)
> > References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125971633107940&w=4
> > Handled-By	: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
> 
> Yes, I saw this regression and there is a patch to handle this, but it
> kind of disables sync at all. Jens Axboe, who introduced per-bdi
> writeback patches, did not yet reply.

Well, Jens, what's your opinion about that?

Rafael
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