Re: [BUG] Kernel Panic in squashfs

From: Richard Weinberger
Date: Fri Feb 06 2015 - 12:37:40 EST


On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Tim Tassonis <stuff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all
>
>
> Just found out that squashfs panics when compiled in statically instead of
> as a module, when mounting an sqf file. The sequence I did was:
>
>
> # mkdir /mnt/gaia-ro
>
> # mount /gaiarule.sqf /mnt/gaia-ro -t squashfs -o loop
>
> Maybe it is of importance that the sqf file is located in the initramfs. The
> kernel was panicking reliably with different sqf files, on different
> hardware upon the mount command, with "unable to handle kernel paging
> request". This was on 3.18.5. As soon as I compiled squashfs as a modules,
> the problem went away.
>
> If you need further details, please cc me directly, as I unsubscribed from
> the list due to not being able to handle the massive load.

What about sharing the actual kernel panic? :-)

--
Thanks,
//richard
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/