Bug 159433 – kernel crash with autofs direct mount to itself

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Bug 159433 - kernel crash with autofs direct mount to itself

Summary:	kernel crash with autofs direct mount to itself

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	None

Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	3
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Jeff Moyer
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Reported:	2005-06-02 13:31 EDT by utz lehmann
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:11 EST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2005-06-06 13:01:08 EDT
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Description utz lehmann 2005-06-02 13:31:47 EDT

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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.

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Comment 1 Jeff Moyer 2005-06-06 13:01:08 EDT

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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