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Re: cgroup: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference

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On Sat, Jan 02, 2016 at 06:54:37AM -0500, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 01, 2016 at 03:40:28PM -0800, Jeremiah Mahler wrote:
> > all,
> > 
> > When running the latest linux-next (20151231) two of my machines
> > hang early in the boot sequence.  The initial message is for a
> > NULL pointer dereference.
> > 
> >   BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000030
> > 
> > And the RIP line refers to cgroup_path.
> > 
> >   RIP [<ffffffff810eb178>] cgroup_path+0x30/0x80
> > 
> > Attached are pictures of the back trace.
> > 
> > Let me know if I can do anything else to help.  I will investigate the
> > problem further if I get a chance.
> 
> This is most likely from the recent changes from cgroup ns support.
> Reverted the patchset for now as it also introduced a bisectability
> issue.  Serge, can you please look into this one?

Hi Tejun,

an updated set is at https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sergeh/linux-security.git/commit/?h=cgroupns.v9
Would you like a new patchset send to the list, or is the github
tree ok?

This branch:
  1. puts lookup_one_len() under inode lock
  2. makes cgroup_path non-namespaced, so only calls to
     cgroup_path_ns() are namespaced.
  3. makes cgroup_path{,_ns} take the needed locks, since
     external callers cannot do so.
  4. Fixes the bisectability problem of to_cg_ns() being
     defined after use (patch 4 -> patch 3)

thanks,
-serge
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Re: cgroup: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-01-02 13:00 +0100
  Re: cgroup: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com> - 2016-01-02 19:30 +0100
    Re: cgroup: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com> - 2016-01-03 02:10 +0100
      Re: cgroup: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com> - 2016-01-03 04:50 +0100
  Re: cgroup: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-01-04 20:20 +0100
  Re: cgroup: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com> - 2016-01-04 20:20 +0100

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