Re: NULL pointer dereference in the kernel 3.10

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Mon Apr 10 2017 - 08:48:37 EST


On Mon 10-04-17 20:10:06, zhong jiang wrote:
> On 2017/4/10 16:56, Mel Gorman wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 08, 2017 at 09:39:42PM +0800, zhong jiang wrote:
> >> when runing the stabile docker cases in the vm. The following issue will come up.
> >>
> >> #40 [ffff8801b57ffb30] async_page_fault at ffffffff8165c9f8
> >> [exception RIP: down_read_trylock+5]
> >> RIP: ffffffff810aca65 RSP: ffff8801b57ffbe8 RFLAGS: 00010202
> >> RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88018ae858c1 RCX: 0000000000000000
> >> RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000008
> >> RBP: ffff8801b57ffc10 R8: ffffea0006903de0 R9: ffff8800b3c61810
> >> R10: 00000000000022cb R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88018ae858c0
> >> R13: ffffea0006903dc0 R14: 0000000000000008 R15: ffffea0006903dc0
> >> ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff CS: 0010 SS: 0000
> > Post the full report including the kernel version and state whether any
> > additional patches to 3.10 are applied.
> >
> Hi, Mel
>
> Our kernel from RHEL 7.2, Addtional patches all from upstream -- include Bugfix and CVE.

I believe you should contact Redhat for the support. This is a) old
kernel and b) with other patches which might or might not be relevant.
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs