Description of problem:
 There was a kernel panic on the system listed in comment #2, while testing    
 2.6.9-101.EL.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
 2.6.9-101.EL

How reproducible:
 I was not able to reproduce this issue.
 See comment #2.
  
Actual results:
[-- MARK -- Tue May 31 20:25:00 2011] 
stack segment: 0000 [1] 
 CPU 0 
 Modules linked in: md5 ipv6 lp autofs4 i2c_dev i2c_core sunrpc ds yenta_socket pcmcia_core powernow_k8 cpufreq_powersave loop button battery ac joydev ohci_hcd ehci_hcd parport_pc parport snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd_hwdep snd soundcore sky2 floppy dm_snapshot dm_zero dm_mirror ext3 jbd dm_mod ahci libata sd_mod scsi_mod
 Pid: 6973, comm: cp Not tainted 2.6.9-101.EL
 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff801b07a5>] <ffffffff801b07a5>{__d_lookup+118}
 RSP: 0018:00000101e99d9b48  EFLAGS: 00010202
 RAX: 0000010001021200 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000015
 RDX: 0000000000061dc2 RSI: 013c6b065ce61dc2 RDI: 0000010037ffbb38
 RBP: 1300010004060008 R08: 00000101e99d9b08 R09: 0000000000000000
 R10: 00000101e99d9b68 R11: 0000000000000048 R12: 0000010037ffbb38
 R13: 00000101e99d9bf8 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000010001330010
 FS:  0000002a95bbfb00(0000) GS:ffffffff80571900(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
 CR2: 0000002a9577a620 CR3: 0000000000101000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
 Process cp (pid: 6973, threadinfo 00000101e99d8000, task 00000101d71ad2d0)
 Stack: 00000102168addc0 00000101e99d9ca8 0000000400d60ac8 0000000000000000 
        0000000000000000 00000101e99d9c08 00000101e99d9cac 00000101e99d9ea8 
        00000101e99d9bf8 ffffffff801a2a71 
 Call Trace:<ffffffff801a2a71>{do_lookup+44} <ffffffff801a3a80>{__link_path_walk+3291} 
        <ffffffff801a3f5b>{link_path_walk+65} <ffffffff801a6e18>{vfs_follow_link+293} 
        <ffffffff801daad3>{proc_self_follow_link+53} <ffffffff801b3cd0>{update_atime+147} 
        <ffffffff801a339a>{__link_path_walk+1525} <ffffffff801a3f5b>{link_path_walk+65} 
        <ffffffff801a3d19>{__link_path_walk+3956} <ffffffff801a3f5b>{link_path_walk+65} 
        <ffffffff801a4150>{path_lookup+373} <ffffffff801a4a6c>{open_namei+171} 
        <ffffffff8018fe6d>{filp_open+69} <ffffffff80223731>{strncpy_from_user+74} 
        <ffffffff801902c3>{sys_open+57} <ffffffff80110ca6>{tracesys+209} 
        
 
 Code: 48 8b 45 00 0f 18 08 48 8d 9d 20 ff ff ff 8b 44 24 10 39 85 
 RIP <ffffffff801b07a5>{__d_lookup+118} RSP <00000101e99d9b48>
  <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops


Expected results:
 The system should not panic during kernel testing.


Additional info: