Hi Since 2.6.31 my gssapi authenticated nfs oopses. BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000010 IP: [<f8dd594a>] gss_validate+0xad/0x175 [auth_rpcgss] *pdpt = 0000000001473001 *pde = 0000000000000000 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP last sysfs file: /sys/devices/virtual/block/dm-13/range Modules linked in: kvm_intel kvm ext4 jbd2 crc16 usb_storage usbhid hid i915 drm i2c_algo_bit sco bridge stp bnep rfcomm l2cap xt_mac ipt_REJECT xt_tcpudp xt_conntrack iptable_filter ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_tables x_tables tun nfsd exportfs nfs lockd fscache nfs_acl deflate zlib_deflate ctr twofish twofish_common camellia serpent blowfish cast5 des_generic xcbc rmd160 sha1_generic hmac crypto_null af_key fuse rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss sunrpc loop acpi_cpufreq arc4 snd_hda_codec_analog ecb snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec iwl3945 snd_hwdep iwlcore snd_pcm snd_seq snd_timer thinkpad_acpi snd_seq_device nsc_ircc i2c_i801 btusb mac80211 i2c_core serio_raw snd soundcore battery button psmouse processor rng_core snd_page_alloc evdev nvram ac cfg80211 bluetooth irda rfkill crc_ccitt ext3 jbd mbcache sha256_generic aes_i586 aes_generic cbc dm_crypt dm_mod sd_mod crc_t10dif ata_generic ide_pci_generic ahci libata scsi_mod sdhci_pci piix sdhci firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t ide_core mmc_core led_class uhci_hcd ehci_hcd usbcore nls_base e1000e intel_agp agpgart video output thermal fan thermal_sys [last unloaded: kvm] Pid: 2025, comm: rpciod/0 Not tainted (2.6.31-trunk-686-bigmem #1) 170255G EIP: 0060:[<f8dd594a>] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 0 EIP is at gss_validate+0xad/0x175 [auth_rpcgss] EAX: d5d7e830 EBX: f60f5ef8 ECX: f60f5ee4 EDX: f60f5ef8 ESI: 00000025 EDI: 00000000 EBP: cdc30bc0 ESP: f60f5edc DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 Process rpciod/0 (pid: 2025, ti=f60f4000 task=f6685ae0 task.ti=f60f4000) Stack: f5c512c0 d5d7e830 00000025 d5d7e830 f60f5ef4 00000004 9cd00000 f60f5ef4 <0> 00000004 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000000 f847888c 00000004 <0> 00000004 be91f5c4 cdc30bc0 f5c512c0 d5d7e828 f3c807f8 f8d9de34 be91f5c4 Call Trace: [<f8d9de34>] ? rpcauth_checkverf+0x4a/0x60 [sunrpc] [<f8d972a0>] ? call_decode+0x30f/0x5de [sunrpc] [<f8d96199>] ? rpcproc_decode_null+0x0/0x21 [sunrpc] [<f8d9d246>] ? __rpc_execute+0x76/0x21e [sunrpc] [<c10528b6>] ? worker_thread+0x146/0x1d9 [<f8d9d473>] ? rpc_async_schedule+0x0/0x29 [sunrpc] [<c105710f>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x4f [<c1052770>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x1d9 [<c1056d7f>] ? kthread+0x7a/0x7f [<c1056d05>] ? kthread+0x0/0x7f [<c1009d07>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 Code: 24 18 89 da 89 44 24 10 8d 44 24 10 c7 44 24 14 04 00 00 00 e8 a4 f0 fc ff 89 da 8b 44 24 04 89 74 24 08 8d 4c 24 08 89 44 24 0c <8b> 47 10 e8 3c 16 00 00 3d 00 00 0c 00 89 c2 75 0a 8d 45 28 f0 EIP: [<f8dd594a>] gss_validate+0xad/0x175 [auth_rpcgss] SS:ESP 0068:f60f5edc CR2: 0000000000000010 ---[ end trace 92895856d62132dd ]--- I saw this two times in the last days. Always under load. I've never seen this with 2.6.30. The server is a 2.6.30 machine. Bastian -- Without followers, evil cannot spread. -- Spock, "And The Children Shall Lead", stardate 5029.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html