[Bug runtime/22155] kernel panic due to NULL vma_cache_p->f_path.dentry

dsmith at redhat dot com sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org
Tue Sep 19 21:44:00 GMT 2017


https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22155

--- Comment #3 from David Smith <dsmith at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to Tetsuo Handa from comment #2)
> > But, when that function gets called, the task is stopped.
> > So, hopefully the task->mm won't be changing while the task is stopped.
> 
> Java is a multi-threaded process.
> Are all threads stopped when that function gets called?

No, all threads aren't stopped. But, each userspace thread is represented by a
task structure in the kernel.

> > Can you show us the script that caused this panic?
> 
> I don't have the script right now (I need to ask permission for disclosure).
> But the script hooks Java methods using java().class().method() and file
> opens.
> Guru mode is not used.
> 
> > Is this panic intermittent or does it happen every time?
> 
> So far only once, while running stability test for 8 hours.

Unless you can get us a reproducer, debugging becomes quite difficult.

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