Hi Jack, A panic was introduced by this commit. It's easy and reliable to reproduce. commit 2d01ddc86606564fb08c56e3bc93a0693895f710 Author: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed Dec 16 11:18:40 2020 +0100 ext4: save error info to sb through journal if available --- Call trace ------------ [44.391771] EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_fill_super:4943: inode #2: comm mount: iget: root inode unallocated [44.401842] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000034 [44.406155] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [44.409317] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [44.412482] PGD 0 P4D 0 [44.414085] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI [44.416256] CPU: 1 PID: 944 Comm: mount Tainted: G E 5.11.0-rc4-master-19c329f68089 #46 [44.422030] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.14.0-1.fc33 04/01/2014 [44.427323] RIP: 0010:ext4_process_freed_data+0x74/0x590 [ext4] [44.431312] Code: 24 a8 02 00 00 49 8d 8c 24 a8 02 00 00 49 39 c8 74 7f 4c 89 c2 4c 89 c0 31 f6 eb 0e 48 8b 00 48 89 d6 48 39 c8 74 08 48 89 c2 <39> 68 34 74 ed 48 85 f6 74 5d 49 8b 84 24 a8 02 00 00 48 39 c8 74 [44.442810] RSP: 0018:ffffaeaf00b2ba50 EFLAGS: 00010246 [44.446185] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffaeaf00b2ba78 RCX: ffff9390013ca2a8 [44.450598] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff9390013ca288 [44.454723] RBP: 0000000000000006 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff93900443c5b0 [44.458619] R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff9390013ca000 [44.462510] R13: ffff9390013ca288 R14: ffff9390013c8000 R15: ffff939016387fd0 [44.466103] FS: 00007fe3f7b99c40(0000) GS:ffff9390a7040000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [44.470061] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [44.472896] CR2: 0000000000000034 CR3: 00000003c305a005 CR4: 0000000000020ee0 [44.476306] Call Trace: [44.477494] ? __mod_timer+0x25c/0x3d0 [44.479223] ext4_journal_commit_callback+0x4a/0xd0 [ext4] [44.481807] jbd2_journal_commit_transaction+0x1a3b/0x1cc0 [jbd2] [44.484476] ? jbd2_journal_destroy+0xc3/0x280 [jbd2] [44.486445] jbd2_journal_destroy+0xc3/0x280 [jbd2] [44.488355] ? finish_wait+0x80/0x80 [44.489758] ext4_fill_super+0x2250/0x3bc0 [ext4] [44.491651] ? mount_bdev+0x185/0x1b0 [44.493083] ? ext4_calculate_overhead+0x4d0/0x4d0 [ext4] [44.495112] mount_bdev+0x185/0x1b0 [44.496312] ? ext4_calculate_overhead+0x4d0/0x4d0 [ext4] [44.498173] legacy_get_tree+0x27/0x40 [44.499599] vfs_get_tree+0x25/0xb0 [44.500786] path_mount+0x423/0xa40 [44.501974] __x64_sys_mount+0xe3/0x120 [44.503275] do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 [44.504512] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 [44.506208] RIP: 0033:0x7fe3f7dcc5de --- Call trace End ------------ # One step Reproducer https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199179 (reproducer #1) https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199275 (reproducer #2) mount -o loop 88.img /mnt # git bisect log git bisect start # good: [235ecd36c7a93e4d6c73ac71137b8f1fa31148dd] MAINTAINERS: Update my email address git bisect good 235ecd36c7a93e4d6c73ac71137b8f1fa31148dd # bad: [19c329f6808995b142b3966301f217c831e7cf31] Linux 5.11-rc4 git bisect bad 19c329f6808995b142b3966301f217c831e7cf31 # good: [f97844f9c518172f813b7ece18a9956b1f70c1bb] dt-bindings: net: renesas,etheravb: RZ/G2H needs tx-internal-delay-ps git bisect good f97844f9c518172f813b7ece18a9956b1f70c1bb # good: [ea49c88f4071e2bdd55e78987f251ea54aa11004] Merge tag 'mkp-scsi-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mkp/scsi git bisect good ea49c88f4071e2bdd55e78987f251ea54aa11004 # good: [5ee88057889bbca5f5bb96031b62b3756b33e164] Merge tag 'drm-fixes-2021-01-15' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm git bisect good 5ee88057889bbca5f5bb96031b62b3756b33e164 # bad: [b45e2da6e444280f8661dca439c1e377761b2877] Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) git bisect bad b45e2da6e444280f8661dca439c1e377761b2877 # good: [82821be8a2e14bdf359be577400be88b2f1eb8a7] Merge tag 'arm64-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux git bisect good 82821be8a2e14bdf359be577400be88b2f1eb8a7 # bad: [0bc9bc1d8b2fa0d5a7e2132e89c540099ea63172] Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus_stable' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 git bisect bad 0bc9bc1d8b2fa0d5a7e2132e89c540099ea63172 # bad: [23dd561ad9eae02b4d51bb502fe4e1a0666e9567] ext4: use IS_ERR instead of IS_ERR_OR_NULL and set inode null when IS_ERR git bisect bad 23dd561ad9eae02b4d51bb502fe4e1a0666e9567 # bad: [2d01ddc86606564fb08c56e3bc93a0693895f710] ext4: save error info to sb through journal if available git bisect bad 2d01ddc86606564fb08c56e3bc93a0693895f710 # good: [4392fbc4bab57db3760f0fb61258cb7089b37665] ext4: drop sync argument of ext4_commit_super() git bisect good 4392fbc4bab57db3760f0fb61258cb7089b37665 # good: [05c2c00f3769abb9e323fcaca70d2de0b48af7ba] ext4: protect superblock modifications with a buffer lock git bisect good 05c2c00f3769abb9e323fcaca70d2de0b48af7ba # first bad commit: [2d01ddc86606564fb08c56e3bc93a0693895f710] ext4: save error info to sb through journal if available Thanks, -- Murphy