Re: Bug in Kernel 6.8.x, 6.9.x Causing Trace/Panic During Shutdown/Reboot

[Ilkka Naulapää]

yeah, the cache_from_obj tracing bug (without panic) has been
displayed quite some time now - maybe even since 6.7.x or so. I could
try checking a few versions back for this and try bisecting it if I
can find when this started.

--Ilkka

On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 1:31 AM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 24 May 2024 12:50:08 +0200
> "Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis)" <regressions@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > - Affected Versions: Before kernel version 6.8.10, the bug caused a
> > > quick display of a kernel trace dump before the shutdown/reboot
> > > completed. Starting from version 6.8.10 and continuing into version
> > > 6.9.0 and 6.9.1, this issue has escalated to a kernel panic,
> > > preventing the shutdown or reboot from completing and leaving the
> > > machine stuck.
>
> You state "Before kernel version 6.8.10, the bug caused ...". Does that
> mean that a bug was happening before v6.8.10? But did not cause a panic?
>
> I just noticed your second screen shot from your report, and it has:
>
>  "cache_from_obj: Wrong slab cache, tracefs_inode_cache but object is from inode_cache"
>
> So somehow an tracefs_inode was allocated from the inode_cache and is
> now being freed by the tracefs_inode logic? Did this happen before
> 6.8.10? If so, this code could just be triggering an issue from an
> unrelated bug.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Steve