linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.37 x86 ncpfs regression: kernel BUG at include/linux/dcache.h:340 with >1366 files in directory

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Message-ID: <20110126163203.GP22723@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:32:04 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	"Dr. Bernd Feige" <bernd.feige@...klinik-freiburg.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.37 x86 ncpfs regression: kernel BUG at
 include/linux/dcache.h:340 with >1366 files in directory

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 03:55:00PM +0100, Dr. Bernd Feige wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2.6.37 I get the following when listing one of our Novell directories
> containing 9499 files (no subdirs; note that this works fine on
> 2.6.36.x):

Plain .37?  Not .38-rc1?

> I assumed that the changes to ncpfs in 2.6.37 caused this, but reverting
> them did not solve the problem. Turning off preemption and group
> scheduling did not help either. So I'm lost and my spare time is running
> out, thought I'd report it nonetheless.

3825bdb7ed920845961f32f364454bee5f469abb may be a suspect...
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