-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Nyberg wrote: > (akpm: a fix for this needs to go into 2.6.13, inotify + nfs > trivially oopses otherwise, even if inotify isn't actively used)
This patch seems to have fixed it for me. I upgraded to fdbd22dad31982b64a4e663fd056a8a7cfac9607 and applied this patch on top of it, and I can't retrigger the oops. (It seemed rather easy to hit on the other kernel) So, I guess: Seems-to-fix-it: Ryan Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It looks like the following sequence is done in the wrong order. > When vfs_unlink() is called from sys_unlink() it has taken a ref > on the inode and sys_unlink() does the last iput() but when called > from other callsites vfs_unlink() might do the last iput() and > free inode, so inotify_inode_queue_event() will receive an already > freed object and dereference an already freed object. > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Nyberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Index: mm/fs/namei.c > =================================================================== > --- mm.orig/fs/namei.c 2005-08-07 12:06:16.000000000 +0200 > +++ mm/fs/namei.c 2005-08-07 18:17:20.000000000 +0200 > @@ -1869,8 +1869,8 @@ > /* We don't d_delete() NFS sillyrenamed files--they still exist. */ > if (!error && !(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED)) { > struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; > - d_delete(dentry); > fsnotify_unlink(dentry, inode, dir); > + d_delete(dentry); > } > > return error; > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC9pgyfhVDhkBuUKURAjbSAKCavd7s4zdk/uce1TZ0CX018RGRmgCfXWFI XjAPhBcEoLyJDWnjk9oI+XI= =NMc4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/