From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756985Ab1DAORZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2011 10:17:25 -0400 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.124]:53679 "EHLO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756797Ab1DAORY (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2011 10:17:24 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=pN6kzQkhXdmdOr6Akjoh3kGBD/S3UyPMKQp53EJY+ro= c=1 sm=0 a=XYJHFtupD_QA:10 a=EVKuf7F6qnwA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=OPBmh+XkhLl+Enan7BmTLg==:17 a=cGEwbORt6sXYahs3DtYA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=OPBmh+XkhLl+Enan7BmTLg==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 67.242.120.143 Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 10:17:23 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: Jurriaan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.38 crash (null pointer reference at mark_inode_dirty+0xa1/0x151) Message-ID: <20110401141723.GH14441@home.goodmis.org> References: <20110331143227.GA8238@onderneming10.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110331143227.GA8238@onderneming10.xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 02:32:27PM +0000, Jurriaan wrote: > My laptop, running Debian Unstable + 2.6.38 debian kernel from > experimantal, just crashed. > > unable to handle null reference pointer > mark_inode_dirty+0xa1/0x151 > > call trace (top lines) > setattr_copy > fat_setattr > path_init_rcu > need_resched > > After resuming, I was adding backgrounds to Desktop Drapes and running > rsync from an ext4 partition to an USB stick with a vfat filesystem. Hi, Thanks for the report. As this looks like you hand typed the output, I doubt you have any way to save the full dump. Could you be able to take a digital photo of the screen and upload it somewhere? Thanks, -- Steve