Description of problem: Bob reported seeing this in some of his gfs testing. <bob_home> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000050 RIP: <bob_home> [<ffffffff8849f94e>] :dlm:get_comm+0x45/0xce <bob_home> P <bob_home> Call Trace: <bob_home> [<ffffffff884a97a9>] :dlm:process_send_sockets+0x0/0x179 <bob_home> [<ffffffff8849fa10>] :dlm:dlm_nodeid_to_addr+0x10/0x48 <bob_home> [<ffffffff884a925b>] :dlm:tcp_connect_to_sock+0x9c/0x1de This upstream commit seems to be a very likely match: http://git.kernel.org/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=3168b0780d06ace875696f8a648d04d6089654e5 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
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patch sent to rhkernel http://post-office.corp.redhat.com/archives/rhkernel-list/2008-August/msg00009.html
in kernel-2.6.18-102.el5 You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html