Re: fault in __d_lookup [Was: 2.6.25-mm1]

From: Al Viro
Date: Mon Apr 21 2008 - 05:45:29 EST


On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:37:40AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 04/21/2008 11:06 AM, Al Viro wrote:
> >On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:31:40AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> >
> > hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(dentry, node, head, d_hash) {
> > struct qstr *qstr;
> >
> > if (dentry->d_name.hash != hash)
> > continue;
> >
> >walking into node == (struct hlist_node *)0x00f0000000000000...
>
> Yup, true, In the last oops I stuck on memcmp few lines below.
>
> BTW. it's 100% reproducible after it happens once, but fixable by reboot.
> Any tests I should run (memtest, some printks sticked anywhere)?

Well, if list has such turd in it, you'll certainly hit it every time
you walk that list, so 100% reproducible is not surprising.

How well is it reproducible from fresh boot?
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