Fatal errors in novfsd on SLED11
W_ Prindl
Running as guest OS on Vmware workstation 7.0 latest vmware tools
installed.
Login and file access are fine and fast - but if i logout of a user
session, which was connected to NCP shares via novell-client I get the
following error:
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel
NULL pointer dereference at 00000072
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: IP: [<f8cba8af>]
:novfs:local_unlink+0x91/0x184
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: *pdpt = 000000002c80f001 *pde =
0000000000000000
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: last sysfs file:
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:02:00.0/net/eth0/statistics/co
llisions
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: Modules linked in: novfs
snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq
af_packet vmblock(X) vsock(X) vmmemctl(X) vmhgfs(X) acpiphp fuse
dm_crypt crypto_blkcipher loop dm_mod snd_ens1371 gameport snd_rawmidi
snd_seq_device snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus ppdev snd_pcm snd_timer rtc_cmos
snd soundcore rtc_core rtc_lib sr_mod button snd_page_alloc container
ac i2c_piix4 shpchp parport_pc cdrom pci_hotplug i2c_core pcspkr
parport vmci(X) intel_agp agpgart floppy sg sd_mod crc_t10dif edd
reiserfs fan ide_pci_generic piix ide_core ata_generic ata_piix libata
dock mptspi mptscsih mptbase scsi_transport_spi thermal processor
thermal_sys hwmon pvscsi(X) scsi_mod vmxnet3(X) vmxnet(X) [last
unloaded: speedstep_lib]
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: Supported: No
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel:
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: Pid: 4757, comm: novfs_ST
Tainted: G (2.6.27.42-0.1-pae #1)
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: EIP: 0060:[<f8cba8af>] EFLAGS:
00010286 CPU: 0
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: EIP is at
local_unlink+0x91/0x184 [novfs]
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: EAX: 00000000 EBX: d543f9a5
ECX: f0994924 EDX: 00000000
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: ESI: 00000000 EDI: cf930cf0
EBP: 01010001 ESP: ec861eec
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS:
0000 SS: 0068
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: Process novfs_ST (pid: 4757,
ti=ec860000 task=f5b9ae50 task.ti=ec860000)
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: Stack: f8cc5a44 cf930cf0
00000000 f6c1acc0 dc1fba5c 0000304c 00000001 d543f9a5
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: 00000010 00000000
00000000 00000000 ee560b54 ee560b68 f8cbb299 f8cc5eb1
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: 00399ced 00000000
00000000 00000000 dd867146 118c441d 00000246 d543f980
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: Call Trace:
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: [<f8cbb774>]
novfs_daemon_destroy_sessionId+0xa9/0xf6 [novfs]
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: [<f8cbf59a>]
Scope_Cleanup_Thread+0x168/0x210 [novfs]
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: [<c013a4cf>] kthread+0x38/0x5d
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: [<c0105dd7>]
kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: =======================
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: Code: 75 f1 89 d8 e8 a9 61 57
c7 8b 54 24 10 89 c1 89 d8 e8 96 fb 4d c7 89 c7 89 44 24 04 c7 04 24 44
5a cc f8 e8 19 f1 ff ff 8b 77 0c <0f> b7 4e 72 66 f7 c1 00 a0 75 1a 89
5c 24 04 bb fe ff ff ff c7
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: EIP: [<f8cba8af>]
local_unlink+0x91/0x184 [novfs] SS:ESP 0068:ec861eec
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 kernel: ---[ end trace 50e049f2eebc4e4c
]---
Jan 26 00:01:30 VPC-WP-SLED10-1 [XTCOM]: gkr-pam: couldn't get the user
name: Kommunikationsfehler
Some weeks before novfsd produced a core at every logout. Now it's
*only* this fatal error. After a restart all is well again.
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W. Prindl