Giving 5.4.0-rc7 a spin I hit a NULL pointer dereference and bisected it to: commit 6ee95d1c899186c0798cafd25998d436bcdb9618 Author: Scott Mayhew <smayhew@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Sep 9 16:10:31 2019 -0400 nfsd: add support for upcall version 2 The splat against 5.3.0-rc2-00034-g6ee95d1c8991: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000036 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 0 PID: 2936 Comm: rpc.nfsd Not tainted 5.3.0-rc2-00034-g6ee95d1c8991 #1 Hardware name: Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T3400 /0TP412, BIOS A14 04/30/2012 RIP: 0010:crypto_destroy_tfm+0x5/0x4d Code: 78 01 00 00 48 85 c0 74 05 e9 05 05 66 00 c3 55 48 8b af 80 01 00 00 e8 d5 ff ff ff 48 89 ef 5d e9 12 f9 ef ff 48 85 ff 74 47 <48> 83 7e 30 00 41 55 4c 8b 6e 38 41 54 49 89 fc 55 48 89 f5 75 14 RSP: 0018:ffffc90000b7bd68 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: ffffffffa0402841 RBX: ffff888230484400 RCX: 0000000000002cd0 RDX: 0000000000002cce RSI: 0000000000000006 RDI: fffffffffffffffe RBP: ffffffff81e68440 R08: ffff888232801800 R09: ffffffffa0402841 R10: 0000000000000200 R11: ffff88823048ae40 R12: ffff888231585100 R13: ffff88823048ae40 R14: 000000000000000b R15: ffff888230484400 FS: 00007f02102c3740(0000) GS:ffff888233a00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000036 CR3: 0000000230f94000 CR4: 00000000000406f0 Call Trace: nfsd4_remove_cld_pipe+0x6d/0x83 [nfsd] nfsd4_cld_tracking_init+0x1cf/0x295 [nfsd] nfsd4_client_tracking_init+0x72/0x13e [nfsd] nfs4_state_start_net+0x22a/0x2cf [nfsd] nfsd_svc+0x1c6/0x292 [nfsd] write_threads+0x68/0xb0 [nfsd] ? write_versions+0x333/0x333 [nfsd] nfsctl_transaction_write+0x4a/0x62 [nfsd] vfs_write+0xa0/0xdd ksys_write+0x71/0xba do_syscall_64+0x48/0x55 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 RIP: 0033:0x7f021056c904 Code: 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb bb 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 8d 05 d9 3a 0d 00 8b 00 85 c0 75 13 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 54 c3 0f 1f 00 48 83 ec 28 48 89 54 24 18 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffdc76ec618 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055b534955560 RCX: 00007f021056c904 RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 000055b534955560 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007ffdc76ec4b0 R10: 00007ffdc76ec367 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000008 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 000055b534b8a2a0 Modules linked in: cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative autofs4 fan nfsd auth_rpcgss nfs lockd grace fscache sunrpc bridge stp llc nhpoly1305_sse2 nhpoly1305 aes_generic chacha_x86_64 chacha_generic adiantum poly1305_generic vhost_net tun vhost tap dm_crypt snd_hda_codec_analog snd_hda_codec_generic usb_storage snd_hda_intel kvm_intel snd_hda_codec kvm snd_hwdep snd_hda_core snd_pcm dcdbas snd_timer irqbypass snd soundcore sr_mod cdrom tg3 sg floppy evdev xfs dm_mod raid1 md_mod psmouse CR2: 0000000000000036 ---[ end trace bc12bbe4cdd6319f ]--- ... NFS: Registering the id_resolver key type Key type id_resolver registered Key type id_legacy registered My kernel config is at http://audible.transient.net/~jamie/k/upcallv2.config-5.3.0-rc2-00034-g6ee95d1c8991 I don't think there's anything terribly interesting about my nfs server setup, this happens reliably on boot up, idle network, no active clients; let me know what else you need, happy to debug. -- Jamie Heilman http://audible.transient.net/~jamie/