Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference when mounting/umounting vfat in 4.3.0, worked in 4.2.4

From: Mads LÃnsethagen
Date: Tue Nov 10 2015 - 03:42:47 EST


On 2015-11-06 21:37, Mads LÃnsethagen wrote:

After updating from 4.2.4 to 4.3.0 I cannot seem to list files in my /boot-folder after mounting it, and I get a kernel BUG when I try to umount it.

exai ~ # mount /âboot
exai ~ # sync
exai ~ # mount
[ ... snip ... ]
/dev/sda1 on /boot type vfat (rw,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=865,iocharset=utf8,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=808900k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000)
exai ~ # ls -âl /âboot
ls: cannot open directory /âboot: No such device or address
exai ~ # umount /âboot/â
Killed
exai ~ # dmesg | tail -â50
[ 47.959725] cfg80211: (5150000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 200000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 47.959726] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5350000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 200000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[ 47.959727] cfg80211: (5470000 KHz - 5725000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2698 mBm), (0 s)
[ 47.959728] cfg80211: (57000000 KHz - 66000000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 4000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 101.965931] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000028
[ 101.966053] IP: [<ffffffff8110219e>] truncate_inode_pages_range+0x1e/0x6a0
[ 101.966152] PGD 838e7067 PUD 6c8db067 PMD 0
[ 101.966222] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 101.966300] Modules linked in: iwlmvm iwlwifi vfat fat uvcvideo videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops videobuf2_core v4l2_common videodev x86_pkg_temp_thermal coretemp kvm_intel kvm microcode i2c_i801 iTCO_wdt xhci_pci xhci_hcd ideapad_laptop sparse_keymap int3403_thermal int3402_thermal processor_thermal_device int340x_thermal_zone intel_soc_dts_iosf int3400_thermal iosf_mbi acpi_thermal_rel intel_smartconnect efivarfs
[ 101.967059] CPU: 0 PID: 1311 Comm: umount Not tainted 4.3.0-âgentoo #1
[ 101.967151] Hardware name: LENOVO 20266/Yoga2, BIOS 76CN42WW 03/02/2015
[ 101.967206] task: ffff880087a23000 ti: ffff88006c92c000 task.ti: ffff88006c92c000
[ 101.967269] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8110219e>] [<ffffffff8110219e>] truncate_inode_pages_range+0x1e/0x6a0
[ 101.967354] RSP: 0018:ffff88006c92fcd0 EFLAGS: 00010282
[ 101.967395] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffffffffff RCX: 9e37fffffffc0001
[ 101.967453] RDX: ffffffffffffffff RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff88008897c770
[ 101.967512] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 101.967571] R10: ffff88008897c718 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffffa03468c0
[ 101.967630] R13: ffff88006c930000 R14: ffff8802532bd438 R15: ffff88008897c690
[ 101.967689] FS: 00007fabc7f61780(0000) GS:ffff88025f200000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 101.967757] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 101.967802] CR2: 0000000000000028 CR3: 000000006c8df000 CR4: 00000000001406f0
[ 101.967880] Stack:
[ 101.967897] ffff88008897c770 0000000000000000 ffff880087a23000 0000000000000000
[ 101.967966] ffffffff81100678 0000000000000000 ffffffff810fefd6 ffff88006c92fe58
[ 101.968034] 00ffffff00000000 00000002900e19c0 ffffffff810fd640 ffff8802540b8248
[ 101.968102] Call Trace:
[ 101.968117] [<ffffffff81100678>] ? pagevec_lookup_tag+0x18/â0x20
[ 101.968167] [<ffffffff810fefd6>] ? write_cache_pages+0xe6/â0x390
[ 101.968215] [<ffffffff810fd640>] ? domain_dirty_limits+0xe0/â0xe0
[ 101.968266] [<ffffffff81088273>] ? finish_task_switch+0x53/â0x180
[ 101.968316] [<ffffffff810f54f6>] ? find_get_pages_tag+0x126/â0x160
[ 101.968366] [<ffffffff8116bc02>] ? __inode_wait_for_writeback+0x62/0xb0
[ 101.968422] [<ffffffff8109c420>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x30/0x30
[ 101.968478] [<ffffffffa03435a0>] ? fat_evict_inode+0x10/â0x50 [fat]
[ 101.968530] [<ffffffff8115ffa3>] ? evict+0xb3/â0x180
[ 101.968567] [<ffffffff8116009d>] ? dispose_list+0x2d/â0x40
[ 101.968611] [<ffffffff81160e3a>] ? evict_inodes+0x13a/â0x150
[ 101.968656] [<ffffffff81148e15>] ? generic_shutdown_super+0x35/â0xe0
[ 101.968707] [<ffffffff8114914c>] ? kill_block_super+0x1c/â0x60
[ 101.968754] [<ffffffff81149264>] ? deactivate_locked_super+0x34/â0x60
[ 101.968806] [<ffffffff81163db6>] ? cleanup_mnt+0x36/â0x80
[ 101.968860] [<ffffffff81082a7f>] ? task_work_run+0x6f/â0x90
[ 101.968917] [<ffffffff810013f5>] ? prepare_exit_to_usermode+0x95/0xd0
[ 101.968971] [<ffffffff8175066f>] ? int_ret_from_sys_call+0x25/â0x8f
[ 101.969021] Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 55 48 89 f5 53 48 89 d3 48 81 ec 10 01 00 00 48 8b 07 48 89 3c 24 <48> 8b 40 28 8b 80 08 04 00 00 85 c0 78 05 e8 cf 19 04 00 48 8b
[ 101.969295] RIP [<ffffffff8110219e>] truncate_inode_pages_range+0x1e/0x6a0
[ 101.969355] RSP <ffff88006c92fcd0>
[ 101.969377] CR2: 0000000000000028
[ 101.990401] -â-â-â[ end trace a5cb453620b7ad23 ]-â-â-â
exai ~ #


Fortunately, I'm not able to reproduce this. I think the problem stemmed from doing a small change in menuconfig and then forgetting to copy out the new bzImage to /boot but having the new modules installed. Sorry for the noise.

- Mads
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