Description of problem: The kernel encounters a "BUG" when I run the rsync 3.0.3 test suite ("make test") on a reiserfs filesystem. The filesystem is on an LVM logical volume whose physical volume is LUKS-encrypted. The fstab line looks like: /dev/mapper/vg-root / reiserfs rw,noatime,acl 0 1 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.25.6-55.fc9.i686 How reproducible: Every time for me. Steps to Reproduce: git clone git://git.samba.org/rsync.git cd rsync && ./configure && make test Actual results: The kernel hits a BUG (I will attach the stack trace) and the test suite freezes. Expected results: The test suite completes. Additional info:
Created attachment 310756 [details] dmesg output
The same problem occurs with kernel-2.6.26-0.104.rc8.git2.fc10.i686, but the computer freezes too soon for me to obtain dmesg output.
You may have better luck reporting this on the kernel.org bugzilla, or on the reiser or kernel mailing lists. It's unlikely that it is unique to fedora (which would also be worth a test, though) Thanks, -Eric
OK, I will investigate some more and report this "upstream". kernel-2.6.24.7-92.fc8.i686 does not seem to have the problem: I ran the rsync testsuite 120 times without incident. I will use that kernel until the problem is resolved.
I suspect that that released kernel simply did not have the list debugging in place; check CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST in /boot/config* -Eric
That setting is enabled: $ grep CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST /boot/config-2.6.24.7-92.fc8 CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST=y
Hm, interesting. I don't see anything offhand in the reiserfs git logs that looks related. If you're highly motivated, since you have a testcase you can trigger it with, you could try a git bisect between 2.6.24 and 2.6.25, using the fedora kernel configs. If you started with restricting the bisect to changes in fs/reiserfs it would probably go very quickly (if the problem is indeed a change under fs/reiserfs, but that seems fairly likely from a quick look at the oops)
Bisection points to 3227e14c3cab5ef7972c72eb13c13de444b5bfbc as the faulty commit. I will test whether reverting that commit in the current vanilla kernel fixes the problem and then report to the reiserfs-devel list.
cool, nice job finding it. sorry for making you do all the work ;)
I'm going to close this as an UPSTREAM problem but if you get a resolution from the reiserfs folks, please ping me via this bug and I'll be happy to put it into a fedora kernel update. Thanks! -Eric
Cases like this make me think "UPSTREAM" should be a status rather than a resolution. I finally put together the upstream report: http://marc.info/?l=reiserfs-devel&m=121554473726081&w=2 I will comment again if a resolution is reached.
re, upstream as status, yup, maybe so. I'm not terribly happy to close as UPSTREAM but the reality is that for some things, taking the bug to upstream will probably be the faster path to resolution. And when there's a willing/savvy bug reporter who can do so ... :) -Eric
Jeff Mahoney has a patch that fixes the bug for me: http://marc.info/?l=reiserfs-devel&m=121554230221773&w=2
Committed to rawhide & F-9 kernels, thanks! -Eric
The patch is now in the vanilla kernel as commit eb35c218.
kernel-2.6.25.11-97.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9
kernel-2.6.25.11-97.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kernel'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-6634
AFAIK, this has been fixed for a long time. Is there any further QA to be done, or shall I close the bug?
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Auto-bug-closers missed this one after updates pushed, I guess.