Hi Trond, This patch is causing this bug for me on my testing server: [ 6.742695] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) [ 6.742791] IP: [<ffffffff812de260>] skip_spaces+0x30/0x30 [ 6.742848] PGD 1d719067 PUD 1de21067 PMD 0 [ 6.742900] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 6.742949] Modules linked in: nfsd auth_rpcgss oid_registry nfs_acl snd_hda_intel pcspkr snd_hda_codec cirrus syscopyarea snd_hwdep sysfillrect psmouse snd_pcm serio_raw snd_page_alloc sysimgblt evdev snd_timer snd soundcore drm_kms_helper ttm drm i2c_piix4 i2c_core intel_agp intel_gtt button processor nfs lockd sunrpc fscache ata_generic pata_acpi btrfs libcrc32c xor zlib_deflate ata_piix crc32c_intel uhci_hcd libata scsi_mod usbcore usb_common raid6_pq floppy virtio_balloon virtio_net virtio_pci virtio_blk virtio_ring virtio [ 6.743339] CPU: 0 PID: 211 Comm: rpc.nfsd Not tainted 3.11.0-rc2-ARCH+ #250 [ 6.743339] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011 [ 6.743339] task: ffff88001bfc5c20 ti: ffff88001dff2000 task.ti: ffff88001dff2000 [ 6.743339] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff812de260>] [<ffffffff812de260>] skip_spaces+0x30/0x30 [ 6.743339] RSP: 0018:ffff88001dff3bc8 EFLAGS: 00010282 [ 6.743339] RAX: ffffffffa025cb20 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 6.743339] RDX: ffff88001de62838 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 6.743339] RBP: ffff88001dff3bf0 R08: 0000000000017360 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 6.743339] R10: ffff88001e401700 R11: ffff88001dff3fd8 R12: ffff88001df2a000 [ 6.743339] R13: ffff88001cebca00 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 6.743339] FS: 00007f04a4159700(0000) GS:ffff88001fc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 6.743339] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 6.743339] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000001df02000 CR4: 00000000000407f0 [ 6.743339] Stack: [ 6.743339] ffffffffa0255dbe 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff88001dff3d38 [ 6.743339] ffff88001cebca00 ffff88001dff3c38 ffffffffa023a0d9 ffffffff81511052 [ 6.743339] ffff88001de62800 00000000b2b4b509 ffff88001dff3d38 ffff88001cebca00 [ 6.743339] Call Trace: [ 6.743339] [<ffffffffa0255dbe>] ? rpc_d_lookup_sb+0x2e/0x50 [sunrpc] [ 6.743339] [<ffffffffa023a0d9>] rpc_setup_pipedir_sb+0x39/0xf0 [sunrpc] [ 6.743339] [<ffffffff81511052>] ? mutex_lock+0x12/0x30 [ 6.743339] [<ffffffffa023c653>] rpc_new_client+0x233/0x450 [sunrpc] [ 6.743339] [<ffffffffa023d3ec>] rpc_create+0xcc/0x250 [sunrpc] [ 6.743339] [<ffffffffa024f1ec>] rpcb_create_local_unix+0x5c/0xe0 [sunrpc] [ 6.743339] [<ffffffffa024ff98>] rpcb_create_local+0x68/0x80 [sunrpc] [ 6.743339] [<ffffffffa0249a3e>] svc_rpcb_setup+0x1e/0x40 [sunrpc] [ 6.743339] [<ffffffffa0249a89>] svc_bind+0x29/0x30 [sunrpc] [ 6.743339] [<ffffffffa0498475>] nfsd_create_serv+0xd5/0x1a0 [nfsd] [ 6.743339] [<ffffffffa049a000>] write_ports+0x2f0/0x350 [nfsd] [ 6.743339] [<ffffffff811335ae>] ? __get_free_pages+0xe/0x50 [ 6.743339] [<ffffffff81133606>] ? get_zeroed_page+0x16/0x20 [ 6.743339] [<ffffffffa0499d10>] ? write_leasetime+0xa0/0xa0 [nfsd] [ 6.743339] [<ffffffffa0499178>] nfsctl_transaction_write+0x48/0x80 [nfsd] [ 6.743339] [<ffffffff811997cd>] vfs_write+0xbd/0x1e0 [ 6.743339] [<ffffffff8119a229>] SyS_write+0x49/0xa0 [ 6.743339] [<ffffffff8151b99d>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f [ 6.743339] Code: 89 f8 48 89 e5 f6 82 00 2a 64 81 20 74 15 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 83 c0 01 0f b6 10 f6 82 00 2a 64 81 20 75 f0 5d c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 <80> 3f 00 55 48 89 e5 74 15 48 89 f8 0f 1f 40 00 48 83 c0 01 80 [ 6.743339] RIP [<ffffffff812de260>] skip_spaces+0x30/0x30 [ 6.743339] RSP <ffff88001dff3bc8> [ 6.743339] CR2: 0000000000000000 [ 6.750025] ---[ end trace 112065af093b07b3 ]--- On 08/28/2013 03:40 PM, Trond Myklebust wrote: > The directory name is _always_ clnt->cl_program->pipe_dir_name. > > Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/sunrpc/clnt.c | 17 ++++++----------- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c > index a327cc7..0cf4e09 100644 > --- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c > +++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c > @@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ static void rpc_clnt_remove_pipedir(struct rpc_clnt *clnt) > } > > static struct dentry *rpc_setup_pipedir_sb(struct super_block *sb, > - struct rpc_clnt *clnt, > - const char *dir_name) > + struct rpc_clnt *clnt) > { > static uint32_t clntid; > + const char *dir_name = clnt->cl_program->pipe_dir_name; > char name[15]; > struct dentry *dir, *dentry; > > @@ -153,15 +153,12 @@ static struct dentry *rpc_setup_pipedir_sb(struct super_block *sb, > } > > static int > -rpc_setup_pipedir(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, const char *dir_name, > - struct super_block *pipefs_sb) > +rpc_setup_pipedir(struct super_block *pipefs_sb, struct rpc_clnt *clnt) > { > struct dentry *dentry; > > clnt->cl_dentry = NULL; > - if (dir_name == NULL) > - return 0; > - dentry = rpc_setup_pipedir_sb(pipefs_sb, clnt, dir_name); > + dentry = rpc_setup_pipedir_sb(pipefs_sb, clnt); > if (IS_ERR(dentry)) > return PTR_ERR(dentry); > clnt->cl_dentry = dentry; > @@ -186,8 +183,7 @@ static int __rpc_clnt_handle_event(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, unsigned long event, > > switch (event) { > case RPC_PIPEFS_MOUNT: > - dentry = rpc_setup_pipedir_sb(sb, clnt, > - clnt->cl_program->pipe_dir_name); > + dentry = rpc_setup_pipedir_sb(sb, clnt); > if (!dentry) > return -ENOENT; > if (IS_ERR(dentry)) > @@ -282,7 +278,6 @@ static void rpc_clnt_set_nodename(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, const char *nodename) > static int rpc_client_register(const struct rpc_create_args *args, > struct rpc_clnt *clnt) > { > - const struct rpc_program *program = args->program; > struct rpc_auth *auth; > struct net *net = rpc_net_ns(clnt); > struct super_block *pipefs_sb; > @@ -290,7 +285,7 @@ static int rpc_client_register(const struct rpc_create_args *args, > > pipefs_sb = rpc_get_sb_net(net); > if (pipefs_sb) { > - err = rpc_setup_pipedir(clnt, program->pipe_dir_name, pipefs_sb); > + err = rpc_setup_pipedir(pipefs_sb, clnt); > if (err) > goto out; > } > -- 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