Re: XFS Bug null pointer dereference in xfs_free_ag_extent

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 09:49:12AM +0800, Joe Jin wrote:
> >From the information, I think it caused by (args.agbp == NULL).
> get rid of, we'll find the call trace should panic:
> xfs_free_extent
> |_   xfs_free_ag_extent  => here args.agbp= NULL;
>         |_ xfs_btree_init_cursor()
>               |_ agf = XFS_BUF_TO_AGF(agbp);  => (xfs_agf_t
> *)XFS_BUF_PTR(arbp)
>                              |_ (xfs_caddr_t)((agbp)->b_addr) : but here,
> agbp is NULL
> so it caused the oops.

You've all reported this same issue - could any/all of you
try the patch here...
http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2006-08/msg00054.html

Let me know if that fixes it.  In particular, if you were able
to easily reproduce this before, I'd like to hear whether this
resolves things, as I've still not hit the bug myself.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan