linux-kernel - Re: [uml-devel] Fwd: Re: UML kernel crash of v2.6.36-rcX kernel

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Date:	Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:09:50 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Fwd: Re: UML kernel crash of v2.6.36-rcX kernel

2010/10/18 Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>:
> Well, in addition to my last mail the following patch isn't a fix, but it
> might point to the culprit.
> If I apply this patch against latest tree, then the crash doesn't occur :
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/statfs.h b/include/linux/statfs.h
> index 0166d32..e336e70 100644
> --- a/include/linux/statfs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/statfs.h
> @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ struct kstatfs {
>        __kernel_fsid_t f_fsid;
>        long f_namelen;
>        long f_frsize;
> -   long f_flags;
>        long f_spare[4];
> + long f_flags;
>  };

So it probably is accessing f_spare[4] somewhere...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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