Re: fuzzying a user mode linux image often core dumps with

["Toralf Förster" <toralf.foerster@gmx.de>]

On 07/21/2013 03:03 AM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 05:07:19PM +0200, Toralf Förster wrote:
>> I do run the fuzzer trinity within a 32 bit user mode linux.
>> With latest git tree I do often get a core dump like the one attached.
>>
>> Although it is the nature of trinity to corrupt the kernel /me wonders why it happens nearly alway
>> at the same place. That's why I decided to just report it here.
> 
> Thanks, this is a known problem for which the fix is can be found here:
> 
> 	http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/260250/
> 
Ah - so no bisecting necessary.

> I hope to get this fixed before -rc2 is released; the only question at
> the moment is whether the fix is going to go to Linus via the ext4
> tree or the VFS tree....

yep - Linus had it now in its tree-.

BTW that issue seems to be the reason for a lot of erratically crashes
of an UML while fuzzy tested.

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Toralf Förster
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