Re: [BUG]: fsnotify oops on 3.5.2

2012-09-25 Thread Andrew Watts
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 02:34:28PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > Thanks for pointing out that the kernel is patched with overlayfs. As > the crash is within the filesystem, it looks to be a bug with that > patch. You may want to report this bug to them. > > -- Steve You were right. After reve

Re: [BUG]: fsnotify oops on 3.5.2

2012-08-27 Thread Andrew Watts
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 01:32:01PM +0800, Guo Chao wrote: > Problematic instruction seems to be this one: > >85 73 74 test %esi,0x74(%ebx) Guo: Thank you very much for the very detailed response on the meaning of the oops - it was very educational for me. I did have one q

Re: [BUG]: fsnotify oops on 3.5.2

2012-08-27 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 03:44:54PM -0500, Andrew Watts wrote: > Hi. > > The system runs kernel 3.5.2 with ext3. (note: kernel is patched with > overlayfs-v13). > Thanks for pointing out that the kernel is patched with overlayfs. As the crash is within the filesystem, it looks to be a bug with th

Re: [BUG]: fsnotify oops on 3.5.2

2012-08-26 Thread Guo Chao
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 03:44:54PM -0500, Andrew Watts wrote: > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0064 > IP: [] fsnotify+0x8b/0x270 > *pde = > Oops: [#1] > Pid: 14083, comm: firefox Tainted: G O 3.5.2 > EIP: 0060:[] EFLAGS: 00210246 CPU: 0 > EIP is at fsnoti

[BUG]: fsnotify oops on 3.5.2

2012-08-26 Thread Andrew Watts
Hi. Last night I had a kernel oops in fsnotify (see attached). It happened when I clicked a hyperlink to a text file in Firefox (which normally opens an open-with/save-file dialog). I've not found a way to reproduce. The system runs kernel 3.5.2 with ext3. (note: kernel is patched with overlayfs