linux-kernel - [3.1-rc4] vfs_rmdir() -> mutex

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Date:	Thu, 8 Sep 2011 15:24:20 -0700
From:	Simon Kirby <sim@...tway.ca>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [3.1-rc4] vfs_rmdir() -> mutex_unlock() Oops

This box primarily does most of its VFS stuff over lots of NFS mounts,
but has some local EXT3 filesystems. This has happened a couple of times:

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000000b8
IP: [<ffffffff816a6641>] mutex_unlock+0x1/0x20
PGD 12e07e067 PUD 102dfa067 PMD 0
Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
CPU 3
Modules linked in: ipmi_devintf ipmi_si ipmi_msghandler xt_recent nf_conntrack_ftp xt_state xt_owner nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv4 bnx2
[445464.657194]
Pid: 13796, comm: php Tainted: G        W   3.1.0-rc4-hw+ #27 Dell Inc. PowerEdge 1950/0UR033
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff816a6641>]  [<ffffffff816a6641>] mutex_unlock+0x1/0x20
RSP: 0018:ffff8801381c7e58  EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 00000000fffffffe RBX: ffff88002e95aca8 RCX: ffff88010712dc70
RDX: 0000000040000200 RSI: ffff880126d21cc0 RDI: 00000000000000a0
RBP: ffff8801381c7e88 R08: 0000000026361000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 00000000fffffffe
R13: ffff880126d21cc0 R14: 00007f0a6e0ba9d8 R15: 00007f0a6e0bd258
FS:  00007f0a6e1c1720(0000) GS:ffff88022fcc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00000000000000b8 CR3: 000000012692a000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Process php (pid: 13796, threadinfo ffff8801381c6000, task ffff88003ed4d900)
Stack:
 ffff8801381c7e88 ffffffff8110e680 ffff8801381c7e98 ffff880126d21cc0
 ffff8801381c7e98 0000000000000000 ffff8801381c7f68 ffffffff8110e7a6
 ffff880225eed800 ffff8800bea6d780 00000004018245d5 ffff88003ed0b03b
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8110e680>] ? vfs_rmdir+0xb0/0x100
 [<ffffffff8110e7a6>] do_rmdir+0xd6/0x130
 [<ffffffff811049c1>] ? sys_newlstat+0x31/0x50
 [<ffffffff8110e851>] sys_rmdir+0x11/0x20
 [<ffffffff816af57b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Code: 0f 79 05 e8 d2 00 00 00 65 48 8b 04 25 c0 b5 00 00 48 8b 1c 24 49 89 44 24 18 4c 8b 64 24 08 c9 c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 55
 c7 47 18 00 00 00 00 48 89 e5 f0 ff 07 7f 05 e8 4a 00 00 00
RIP  [<ffffffff816a6641>] mutex_unlock+0x1/0x20
 RSP <ffff8801381c7e58>
CR2: 00000000000000b8
---[ end trace 3ad1ff5004f78cbb ]---

I don't see any relevant changes in Linus HEAD yet. This build was of
9e79e3e9dd9672b37ac9412e9a926714306551fe (slightly past 3.1-rc4).

Simon-
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