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

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Message-ID: <20091229163512.GA4958@ioremap.net>
Date:	Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:35:12 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
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 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.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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