linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.37-next - kernel BUG at fs/dcache.c:1363

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Message-ID: <AANLkTimtrinH-7tnGE2zxtoNNTEnqqD3ZDTTTWM-m0Uk@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 6 Jan 2011 21:44:01 +1100
From:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Joel Becker <joel.becker@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.37-next - kernel BUG at fs/dcache.c:1363

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 4:15 AM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> wrote:
> Saw this crash on a linux-next pulled yesterday at 2PM EST, kernel dies very
> early (looks like first time it touches configfs for anything - trying to boot
> with netconsole enabled caused it to die even faster).  I can bisect this if
> it doesn't immediately ring a bell...

Thanks, bah configfs isn't widely used.


> It dies here:
>
> void d_set_d_op(struct dentry *dentry, const struct dentry_operations *op)
> {
>        BUG_ON(dentry->d_op);
>
> Am guessing configfs passed in a dentry that wasn't filled in enough.
>
> (hand-transcribed from a crappy cellphone pic)
>
> kernel BUG at fs/dcache.c:1363

Thanks. It actually passed in a dentry that appears to have already been
used for something. This is not exactly a nice thing for a filesystem to do
and probably indicates an underlying bug anyway (or at least something
the vfs doesn't guarantee the safety of).

Taking a look now.

Thanks,
Nick
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