[snip] > Rather than making a wholesale switch, can you make it check the dentry.d_inode first, > and if it's NULL, then check dentry.d_sb? I'm probably being paranoid, but I'm worried > about unintended consequences. > Thanks, > Dave Sure. Here's the new version: (defs.h) 2069d2068 < long dentry_d_sb; (filesys.c) 1701c1701 < superblock = ULONG(dentry_buf + OFFSET(dentry_d_sb)); --- > superblock = 0; 1704c1704 < if (!superblock) --- > if (!inode || !superblock) 2018d2017 < MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(dentry_d_sb, "dentry", "d_sb"); Verification: Problem dentry, without patch: DENTRY INODE SUPERBLK TYPE PATH ffff880328399800 0 0 N/A Problem dentry, with patch: DENTRY INODE SUPERBLK TYPE PATH ffff880328399800 0 ffff8817daaf6800 N/A /u02/oraarch/MRAQ0431/MRAQ0431_1_10357_982129979.arc Here's another (intact) dentry both ways: Without patch: DENTRY INODE SUPERBLK TYPE PATH ffff8817dba87200 ffff880a82d4b940 ffff8817daaf5000 REG /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2.161018/rdbms/mesg/oraus.msb With patch: DENTRY INODE SUPERBLK TYPE PATH ffff8817dba87200 ffff880a82d4b940 ffff8817daaf5000 REG /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2.161018/rdbms/mesg/oraus.msb Regards, Martin Martin Moore Linux/Tru64 RTCC Engineer CSC Americas HPE Technology Services Hewlett Packard Enterprise -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility