Simple test failed on ext4 when delayed allocation was used. #mkfs.ext3 -b4096 /dev/vzvg/test2 #mount -text4dev /dev/vzvg/test2 /mnt/test -odelalloc #fsstress -d /mnt/test/ -l100 -n100000 -p20 -f dwrite=0 <CONSOLE LOG> EXT4-fs: writeback error = -28 ...... EXT4-fs: writeback error = -28 Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000 RIP: [<ffffffff802a12d2>] block_read_full_page+0xab/0x25f PGD 44c1067 PUD 44fd067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [2] SMP CPU 0 Modules linked in: ext4dev jbd2 Pid: 4833, comm: fsstress Not tainted 2.6.22-rc4-mm2 #9 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff802a12d2>] [<ffffffff802a12d2>] block_read_full_page+0xab/0x25f RSP: 0018:ffff810004df9a58 EFLAGS: 00010203 RAX: 0000000000001000 RBX: ffff8100cf4256f8 RCX: 000000000000000c RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 000000000000000c RDI: ffff8100cf4256f8 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff810004df9be8 R09: ffff810004df9c58 R10: 8888888888888888 R11: 8888888888888888 R12: 0000000000000052 R13: 0000000000001000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00000000000000d3 FS: 00002adfe3f7d6f0(0000) GS:ffffffff80730000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000004362000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process fsstress (pid: 4833, threadinfo ffff810004df8000, task ffff810004c867a0) Stack: ffffffff880180f2 ffff8100054a23f0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff810005dcbb80 ffff81000549bf00 0000000000000000 ffff810005def8b0 ffffffff88029e60 ffffffff8025b2be ffff8100054da540 ffff8100cf496fb0 Call Trace: [<ffffffff880180f2>] :ext4dev:ext4_get_block+0x0/0x109 [<ffffffff8025b2be>] find_get_page+0x21/0x51 [<ffffffff802a5b45>] do_mpage_readpage+0x45f/0x480 [<ffffffff880180f2>] :ext4dev:ext4_get_block+0x0/0x109 [<ffffffff88003d64>] :jbd2:jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata+0x197/0x1be [<ffffffff80245f3b>] bit_waitqueue+0x1c/0x99 [<ffffffff802a5bb4>] mpage_readpage+0x4e/0x67 [<ffffffff880180f2>] :ext4dev:ext4_get_block+0x0/0x109 [<ffffffff8028817e>] do_lookup+0x63/0x1ae [<ffffffff8025b1ae>] file_read_actor+0x8d/0xf6 [<ffffffff8025b2be>] find_get_page+0x21/0x51 [<ffffffff8025b93a>] do_generic_mapping_read+0x23c/0x3da [<ffffffff8025b121>] file_read_actor+0x0/0xf6 [<ffffffff8025d123>] generic_file_aio_read+0x119/0x156 [<ffffffff80281848>] do_sync_read+0xc9/0x10c [<ffffffff802845b2>] cp_new_stat+0xe5/0xfd [<ffffffff80246007>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e [<ffffffff80281fba>] vfs_read+0xaa/0x132 [<ffffffff80282356>] sys_read+0x45/0x6e [<ffffffff8020b41e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 Code: 8b 45 00 a8 01 0f 85 e6 00 00 00 8b 45 00 a8 20 0f 85 c9 00 <CONSOLE LOG> I've digged this a litle bit with folowig results: int block_read_full_page(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block) { ... 1914: if (!page_has_buffers(page)) <<< page_has_buffers(page) == true create_empty_buffers(page, blocksize, 0); head = page_buffers(page); <<<< page_buffers(page) == NULL <<<i've add debug info here: <<< page->flags == 100000000000821 <<< PagePrivate(page) == 1, (page)->private == NULL <<< So we have private page without buffers, it is WRONG. iblock = (sector_t)page->index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits); lblock = (i_size_read(inode)+blocksize-1) >> inode->i_blkbits; bh = head; nr = 0; i = 0; do { if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) << Null pointer deref here result in oops ....... } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html