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SubjectRe: Oops in 2.6.13-rc5-git-current (0d317fb72fe3cf0f611608cf3a3015bbe6cd2a66)
(Snipping the oops down a bit in size)

On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 07:08:05PM +0200, Alexander Nyberg wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 11:56:30PM -0400 Ryan Anderson wrote:
> > Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 6b6b6b6b

> > EIP is at inotify_inode_queue_event+0x55/0x150

> > Call Trace:
> > [vfs_unlink+358/560] vfs_unlink+0x166/0x230
> > [pg0+544348580/1067586560] nfsd_unlink+0x104/0x230 [nfsd]
> > [pg0+544361268/1067586560] nfsd_cache_lookup+0x1c4/0x3c0 [nfsd]
> > [pg0+544371728/1067586560] nfsd3_proc_remove+0x80/0xc0 [nfsd]
> > [pg0+544381018/1067586560] nfs3svc_decode_diropargs+0x8a/0x100 [nfsd]
> > [pg0+544380880/1067586560] nfs3svc_decode_diropargs+0x0/0x100 [nfsd]
> > [pg0+544321698/1067586560] nfsd_dispatch+0x82/0x1f0 [nfsd]
> > [svc_authenticate+112/336] svc_authenticate+0x70/0x150
> > [svc_process+960/1648] svc_process+0x3c0/0x670
> > [pg0+544323105/1067586560] nfsd+0x1a1/0x350 [nfsd]
> > [ret_from_fork+6/20] ret_from_fork+0x6/0x14
> > [pg0+544322688/1067586560] nfsd+0x0/0x350 [nfsd]
> > [kernel_thread_helper+5/16] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x10
>
> (the long-aged vfs veteran steps into the picture...)
>
> It looks like the following sequence is done in the wrong order.
> When vfs_unlink() is called from sys_unlink() it has taken a ref
> on the inode and sys_unlink() does the last iput() but when called
> from other callsites vfs_unlink() might do the last iput()
>
> Can you reproduce with this patch? It should happen with some nfs
> activity, I'll try to set up a scenario myself.

I'll try after I get a new hard drive in and let the RAID rebuild.

It seems like a very big coincidence that this happened *right* as a
drive was failing though - or is that just a bizarre coincidence?

--

Ryan Anderson
sometimes Pug Majere
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