linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.38 crash (null pointer reference at mark_inode

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Message-ID: <20110401141723.GH14441@home.goodmis.org>
Date:	Fri, 1 Apr 2011 10:17:23 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Jurriaan <thunder8@...all.nl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.38 crash (null pointer reference at
 mark_inode_dirty+0xa1/0x151)

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 02:32:27PM +0000, Jurriaan wrote:
> My laptop, running Debian Unstable + 2.6.38 debian kernel from
> experimantal, just crashed.
> 
> unable to handle null reference pointer
> mark_inode_dirty+0xa1/0x151
> 
> call trace (top lines)
> setattr_copy
> fat_setattr
> path_init_rcu
> need_resched
> 
> After resuming, I was adding backgrounds to Desktop Drapes and running
> rsync from an ext4 partition to an USB stick with a vfat filesystem.

Hi, 

Thanks for the report. As this looks like you hand typed the output, I
doubt you have any way to save the full dump. Could you be able to take
a digital photo of the screen and upload it somewhere?

Thanks,

-- Steve

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