Bug 159433 - kernel crash with autofs direct mount to itself
Summary: kernel crash with autofs direct mount to itself
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Jeff Moyer
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-06-02 17:31 UTC by utz lehmann
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2005-06-06 17:01:08 UTC
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Description utz lehmann 2005-06-02 17:31:47 UTC
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Description of problem:
Kernel crash with an autofs direct mount to localhost to the same directory.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.11-1.27_FC3 (i686 UP), autofs-4.1.3-114

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enable autofs with direct mounts
2. Create a directory, e.g. /test/crash/
3. Put following into /etc/auto.direct
   /test/crash             localhost:/test/crash
4. Start/reload autofs
5. Access the directory, e.g. ls /test/crash/
  

Actual Results:  Kernel crashed. With different outputs (continuous messages, recursive BUG(), snow crash).

Expected Results:  No crash.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeff Moyer 2005-06-06 17:01:08 UTC
Don't do that.

As it happens, this issue was being worked upstream.  I'll check on the status,
but as root you can shoot yourself in the foot so many ways, this just doesn't
warrant any real attention.


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