Bug#682007: [squeeze-backports] NULL pointer dereference in __fscache_read_or_alloc_pages

["Raoul Bhatia [IPAX]" <r.bhatia@ipax.at>]

On 2012-10-12 20:52, Brian Kroth wrote:
> Brian Paul Kroth <bpkroth@gmail.com> 2012-10-11 14:06:
> > Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> 2012-10-01 01:25:
> <snip/>
> > Once again very sorry for the delay :(
> >
> > I forgot to disable the DEBUG_INFO and kept filling up my build VMs 
> > disk during compile.  Then realized I had grabbed the 3.7 rc code, 
> > which these patches don't apply against.  "git checkout 
> > remotes/stable/linux-3.2.y" (results in head 
> > c74a5e1fe4d0672936c8fb63d7484dfeaa30669c and 3.2.28), seemed to fix 
> > that.
> <snip/>
> > Anyways, I just started running that on a machine, so I'll let you 
> > know if I noticed anything there first before I think about pushing it 
> > to further places.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
>
> Got another panic using this kernel/set of patches.  The dump is 
> attached.
>
> Let me know if you need anything else.

Hi!

Has there been any progress regarding this issue?

Brian, are you right now using the fsc facility or not?
If yes, which patches / configure options are you currently using
and how often do you see kernel panics?

Are there any workarounds to this issue besides disabling fsc?

Thanks,
Raoul
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