Description of problem: starting fc16 as a linux guest in vmware workstation. In effect i can't use hgfs shares (shared folders) in fc16. Also the service nfs.lockd doesn't start. If you need more info let me know. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.1.0-0.rc4.git0.0.fc16.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000000b0 IP: [<ffffffff811560ae>] d_alloc+0x13/0x62 PGD 127e20067 PUD 12c76f067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP CPU 1 Modules linked in: vmhgfs lockd ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ip6table_filter nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip6_tables xt_state nf_conntrack ppdev parport_pc parport vmw_balloon microcode snd_ens1371 gameport snd_rawmidi snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm vmci snd_timer e1000 snd soundcore snd_page_alloc i2c_piix4 i2c_core shpchp uinput sunrpc mptspi mptscsih mptbase scsi_transport_spi [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] Pid: 888, comm: mount.vmhgfs Not tainted 3.1.0-0.rc4.git0.0.fc16.x86_64 #1 VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff811560ae>] [<ffffffff811560ae>] d_alloc+0x13/0x62 RSP: 0018:ffff880125dd5cd8 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000002066 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff880125dd5d08 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff880125dd5cf8 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00000000000002f0 R10: ffff88013fc0a000 R11: 0000000000000213 R12: ffff880125d55388 R13: ffff88013800e900 R14: ffff880125c52000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007fe4db061720(0000) GS:ffff88013fc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000000000b0 CR3: 0000000128b43000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process mount.vmhgfs (pid: 888, threadinfo ffff880125dd4000, task ffff880128aec9a0) Stack: 0000000000000001 ffff880127d14000 ffff880125d55388 ffff88013800e900 ffff880125dd5d18 ffffffff8115615e 0000000100002066 ffffffffa01dbb0a ffff880125dd5d68 ffffffffa01d8203 ffffffffa01dc4b8 ffffffff81144914 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8115615e>] d_alloc_name+0x61/0x63 [<ffffffffa01d8203>] HgfsReadSuper+0x231/0x29c [vmhgfs] [<ffffffff81144914>] ? get_anon_bdev+0xe5/0xe5 [<ffffffffa01d7fd2>] ? HgFsOpMount+0x1a/0x1a [vmhgfs] [<ffffffff81145404>] mount_nodev+0x4b/0x7e [<ffffffffa01d7fd0>] HgFsOpMount+0x18/0x1a [vmhgfs] [<ffffffff81145eb5>] mount_fs+0x69/0x158 [<ffffffff8110eb18>] ? __alloc_percpu+0x10/0x12 [<ffffffff8115b4a8>] vfs_kern_mount+0x63/0xa0 [<ffffffff8115c20b>] do_kern_mount+0x4d/0xdf [<ffffffff8115d8aa>] do_mount+0x63c/0x69f [<ffffffff8115d1d2>] ? copy_mount_options+0xcb/0x12e [<ffffffff8115dbbb>] sys_mount+0x88/0xc2 [<ffffffff8150b742>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Code: 55 48 89 e5 66 66 66 66 90 e8 a7 fc ff ff 48 85 c0 74 03 83 08 10 5d c3 55 48 89 e5 41 55 41 54 53 41 50 66 66 66 66 90 48 89 fb RIP [<ffffffff811560ae>] d_alloc+0x13/0x62 RSP <ffff880125dd5cd8> CR2: 00000000000000b0 At least abrt doesn't except my bugzilla account in fc16, so i do it manualy
Can you recreate this issue outside without using VMWare?
This is almost certainly a bug in vmhgfs... and since vmhgfs is in the stack trace it would be impossible to recreate the bug without it.
Sorry for late answering for my regrest, because i'm working outside from my home the last month. Chuck you're right, this bug happens only in VMware Workstion. In a real fc16 beta installation i've no kernel bug. In VMware Workstion 8 there is a problem to install the vmware guest addons with kernel-3.1 for the moment. The vmhgfs modul failed to build.