Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 7495] New: Kernel periodically hangs.

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Neil Brown <[email protected]> wrote:

> it would appear that in:
> 	if (inode->i_sb && inode->i_sb->s_op->clear_inode)
> 		inode->i_sb->s_op->clear_inode(inode);
> 
> inode->i_sb->s_op is NULL.

Agreed.

> This tends to suggest that generic_shutdown_super isn't releasing all inodes
> before the superblock gets destroyed.
> 
> I cannot see how this could be happening

Perhaps sb->s_root == NULL?  That would permit most of generic_shutdown_super()
to be bypassed, including the check that all the inodes have been consumed.

David
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Photo]     [Stuff]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Linux for the blind]     [Linux Resources]
  Powered by Linux