Kernel panic when accessing SMBFS (windows server) mounted on linux box RHEL4 all patches applied How reproducible: Frequently on large windows filesystem. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Mount filesystem 2. Perform large action like du -s on filesystem 3. Panic Actual results: Panic Expected results: No panic Additional info: Seems to be related to timeouts or lost connections.
Created attachment 127134 [details] messages file showing errors and panic
I have now duplicated the problem on another RH EL 4 box, so the problem is not specific to one machine.
A couple of different smbfs memory corruption patches are being committed for 4.6. It's possible that this problem is also fixed there. If you're able to reproduce this someplace non-critical, then testing the kernels on my people page would be helpful: http://people.redhat.com/jlayton
No response in several months. Closing bug with resolution of INSUFFICIENT_DATA, please reopen if you're still having this issue (though the best solution is probably to go ahead and move to CIFS).