Re: 2.6.16: Oops - null ptr in blk_recount_segments?

[David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com>]

On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 04:28:14AM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I've seen a few of these since upgrading to 2.6.16 on my x86_64 system:

What did you upgrade from?

....

> [14513.189101] Call Trace: <ffffffff80288e8d>{blk_recount_segments+125}
> [14513.189113]        <ffffffff8045ab19>{schedule_timeout+153} <ffffffff8017df90>{__bio_clone+128}
> [14513.189134]        <ffffffff8017dfed>{bio_clone+61} <ffffffff80144a70>{autoremove_wake_function+0}
> [14513.189143]        <ffffffff882576c1>{:dm_crypt:crypt_alloc_buffer+65}
> [14513.189157]        <ffffffff8825813e>{:dm_crypt:crypt_map+174} <ffffffff8823b463>{:dm_mod:__map_bio+83}
> [14513.189190]        <ffffffff8823b6a8>{:dm_mod:__clone_and_map+168} <ffffffff8823b8de>{:dm_mod:__split_bio+174}
> [14513.189223]        <ffffffff8823b9dc>{:dm_mod:dm_request+204} <ffffffff8028b532>{generic_make_request+258}
> [14513.189243]        <ffffffff8028b628>{submit_bio+216} <ffffffff8017e20f>{__bio_add_page+463}
> [14513.189256]        <ffffffff8026bd3e>{xfs_submit_ioend_bio+30} <ffffffff8026bec0>{xfs_submit_ioend+144}
> [14513.189269]        <ffffffff8026cd03>{xfs_page_state_convert+1379} <ffffffff8026d2e0>{linvfs_writepage+176}

This area of XFS changed in 2.6.16; it might be doing something wrong
with bios that is blowing up later. Then again, it might be something in dm
that is wrong. Does this happen on non-dmcrypt XFS filesystems you have?

I understand that the recognised way to find introduced a reproducable problem
like this is to do a git bisect to find the mod that introduced the problem.
Is it possible for you to do this?

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
R&D Software Enginner
SGI Australian Software Group