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    SubjectRe: [Bugme-new] [Bug 7495] New: Kernel periodically hangs.
    On Saturday November 11, akpm@osdl.org wrote:
    > On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 03:29:32 -0800
    > bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
    >
    > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7495
    > >
    > > Summary: Kernel periodically hangs.
    > > Kernel Version: Linux version 2.6.18.2 (root@pub) (gcc version 3.4.6)
    > > #13 SMP Fr
    > > Status: NEW
    > > Severity: blocking
    > > Owner: other_other@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
    > > Submitter: alex@hausnet.ru

    So getting back to the main issue in this bug report.....


    > >
    > >
    > > [42587.676000] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
    > > virtual address 0000003c

    it would appear that in:
    if (inode->i_sb && inode->i_sb->s_op->clear_inode)
    inode->i_sb->s_op->clear_inode(inode);

    inode->i_sb->s_op is NULL. This is unfortunate :-)
    alloc_super initialises s_op to '&default_op' and it isn't cleared on
    unmount, so the implication seems to be that i_sb has been freed and
    the memory has been reused. This tends to suggest that
    generic_shutdown_super isn't releasing all inodes before the
    superblock gets destroyed.

    I cannot see how this could be happening yet, but it might be helpful
    to compile with CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB and maybe even
    CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
    That might make the problem trigger earlier and so be easier to track.

    NeilBrown
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