[OpenAFS] Re: vmalloc troubles with 1.4.2

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:23:50 -0500 (EST)


On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Joe Buehler wrote:

> Mike Dopheide wrote:
>
>> Dec  4 13:18:03 osage kernel: afs_osi_Alloc: Can't vmalloc 4524 bytes.
>> Dec  4 13:18:03 osage kernel: crget: No more memory for creds!
>> Dec  4 13:18:05 osage kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
>> dereference at virtual address 00000000
>
> This bit me also.  It was a known bug for which I submitted a patch,
> but an alternate patch was coded up by someone, but never tested at large,
> so it never made it to 1.4.2.

So again, I'll ask for testers
http://www.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-devel/2006-June/013915.html

In fairness, yours wasn't tested at large, either.

Derrick