linux-ext4 - kerneloops.org: 2.6.26-rc possible regression in ext3

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:34:26 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: kerneloops.org: 2.6.26-rc possible regression in ext3

In the kerneloops.org stats, a new oops is rapidly climbing the charts.
The oops is a page fault in the ext3 "do_slit" function, and the first
report of it was with 2.6.26-rc6-git3.

It happens with various applications; the backtraces are at:

http://www.kerneloops.org/search.php?search=do_split

but are generally of this pattern:

*do_split
ext3_add_entry
ext3_rename
vfs_rename
... <various paths into vfs_rename> ...

or

*do_split
? add_dirent_to_buf
ext3_add_entry
ext3_new_inode
ext3_add_nondir
ext3_create
vfs_create
....

did we change anything in ext3 this cycle?
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