Hi Al, It looks this patch has various impacts. Here are some more bug messages.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git work.misc commit c7af9d5728bed29ef614324e67e066896d087c8f Author: Al Viro <v...@zeniv.linux.org.uk> AuthorDate: Thu Dec 24 00:13:10 2015 -0500 Commit: Al Viro <v...@zeniv.linux.org.uk> CommitDate: Thu Dec 24 10:52:16 2015 -0500 kernel/*: switch to memdup_user_nul() Signed-off-by: Al Viro <v...@zeniv.linux.org.uk> +------------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+ | | c4af5f8aed | c7af9d5728 | e39121f54a | +------------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+ | boot_successes | 63 | 12 | 9 | | boot_failures | 0 | 10 | 10 | | kernel_BUG_at_mm/slab.c | 0 | 10 | 10 | | invalid_opcode:#[##] | 0 | 10 | 10 | | RIP:cache_free_debugcheck | 0 | 10 | 10 | | Kernel_panic-not_syncing:Fatal_exception | 0 | 10 | 10 | | backtrace:vfs_write | 0 | 10 | 10 | | backtrace:SyS_write | 0 | 10 | 10 | +------------------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+ [ 12.900517] init: Failed to create pty - disabling logging for job [ 12.901337] init: Temporary process spawn error: No space left on device [ 12.982980] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 12.983551] kernel BUG at mm/slab.c:2735! [ 12.984240] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] [ 12.984705] CPU: 0 PID: 219 Comm: sysctl Not tainted 4.4.0-rc4-00029-gc7af9d5 #1 [ 12.985577] task: ffff8800118de640 ti: ffff8800118e0000 task.ti: ffff8800118e0000 [ 12.986459] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81265a6e>] [<ffffffff81265a6e>] cache_free_debugcheck+0x27e/0x450 [ 12.987524] RSP: 0018:ffff8800118e3cb8 EFLAGS: 00010002 [ 12.988148] RAX: ffff8800123ab200 RBX: ffff8800123ab208 RCX: 0000000000000004 [ 12.988985] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffffffff840c97b0 [ 12.989824] RBP: ffff8800118e3cf8 R08: ffff88001024c480 R09: 0000000000000007 [ 12.990658] R10: 0000000000000002 R11: ffff8800118e3d78 R12: ffff880010000140 [ 12.991489] R13: 0000000000000008 R14: ffffea00003fcd68 R15: 0000000000000003 [ 12.992322] FS: 00007fc8ff1bc700(0000) GS:ffffffff83e2b000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 12.993264] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 12.993926] CR2: 00007fc8ff1be000 CR3: 0000000011800000 CR4: 00000000000006b0 [ 12.994751] Stack: [ 12.994992] 0000000000000000 ffff8800100011f8 ffff8800123ab200 0000000000000282 [ 12.995898] ffff8800123ab208 ffff880011493020 ffffffff81135b6d ffff880010000140 [ 12.996803] ffff8800118e3d30 ffffffff81268ceb 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 12.997708] Call Trace: [ 12.998003] [<ffffffff81135b6d>] ? __do_proc_dointvec+0x37d/0x510 [ 12.998724] [<ffffffff81268ceb>] kfree+0x19b/0x2d0 [ 12.999293] [<ffffffff81135b6d>] __do_proc_dointvec+0x37d/0x510 [ 12.999986] [<ffffffff81135e18>] proc_dointvec+0x38/0x40 [ 13.000614] [<ffffffff811345e0>] ? resource_list_free+0x50/0x50 [ 13.001313] [<ffffffff813273c6>] proc_sys_call_handler+0x126/0x160 [ 13.002035] [<ffffffff81327414>] proc_sys_write+0x14/0x20 [ 13.002673] [<ffffffff812867a0>] __vfs_write+0x40/0x190 [ 13.003291] [<ffffffff8128b480>] ? __sb_start_write+0xe0/0x170 [ 13.003972] [<ffffffff81286c25>] vfs_write+0x1c5/0x320 [ 13.004580] [<ffffffff81286ef2>] SyS_write+0x62/0x110 [ 13.005175] [<ffffffff82bb5873>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x16/0x7a [ 13.005932] Code: 0f 95 c7 31 d2 45 0f b6 ff 44 89 fe 49 83 c7 02 e8 18 b5 f7 ff 48 8b 45 d0 4a 83 04 fd 28 f3 2c 84 01 48 39 c3 0f 84 d4 00 00 00 <0f> 0b 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 78 00 00 48 01 d8 e9 90 fe ff ff 48 [ 13.008992] RIP [<ffffffff81265a6e>] cache_free_debugcheck+0x27e/0x450 [ 13.009778] RSP <ffff8800118e3cb8> [ 13.010190] ---[ end trace 9689f67a5733e394 ]--- [ 13.010734] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception git bisect start e39121f54a77d2b1536cd2924347b9b106ddfbea 4ef7675344d687a0ef5b0d7c0cee12da005870c0 -- git bisect bad d147a8ed3ab35f67adb2de64ec50c31265782b24 # 15:36 0- 6 Merge 'linux-review/SF-Markus-Elfring/gpio-ucb1400-Delete-an-unnecessary-variable-initialisation-in-ucb1400_gpio_probe/20151226-025155' into devel-spot-201512261453 git bisect bad d6fda4209fcf205c9401cce1948b8570218a3b6d # 15:44 0- 2 Merge 'linux-review/Martin-Blumenstingl/net-phy-at803x-Don-t-set-gbit-features-for-the-AR8030-phy/20151226-083323' into devel-spot-201512261453 git bisect good 6df2275ce5a3901a015a28cc9f20d297f2bbebd6 # 15:58 22+ 2 Merge 'linux-review/Zhi-zhou-Zhang/arm64-entry-S-add-missing-trace_hardirqs_off/20151226-140037' into devel-spot-201512261453 git bisect bad f396b9fc5242d2c04440a85b4ad70ebc982f2b3f # 16:05 0- 5 Merge 'vfs/work.misc' into devel-spot-201512261453 git bisect good 57e3715cfa3fb01581555934d7191f8eabf740f4 # 16:23 22+ 0 typo in fs/namei.c comment git bisect good b808b1d632f6915e4d6b1badb927b2c970ad11bb # 16:42 22+ 0 don't open-code generic_file_llseek_size() git bisect good af26a3456b8549149544fc5bad6b7c364653e787 # 16:52 22+ 0 selinuxfs: switch to memdup_user_nul() git bisect good c4af5f8aed82ef30f6cf91bc3478b52c61cecd18 # 17:06 22+ 0 cciss: switch to memdup_user_nul() git bisect bad c7af9d5728bed29ef614324e67e066896d087c8f # 17:14 0- 9 kernel/*: switch to memdup_user_nul() # first bad commit: [c7af9d5728bed29ef614324e67e066896d087c8f] kernel/*: switch to memdup_user_nul() git bisect good c4af5f8aed82ef30f6cf91bc3478b52c61cecd18 # 17:18 61+ 0 cciss: switch to memdup_user_nul() # extra tests with DEBUG_INFO git bisect bad c7af9d5728bed29ef614324e67e066896d087c8f # 17:24 0- 1 kernel/*: switch to memdup_user_nul() # extra tests on HEAD of linux-devel/devel-spot-201512261453 git bisect bad e39121f54a77d2b1536cd2924347b9b106ddfbea # 17:25 0- 10 0day head guard for 'devel-spot-201512261453' # extra tests on tree/branch vfs/work.misc git bisect bad 15d8d69accf88da38aac73dd873ce56fd39b358a # 17:30 0- 10 saner calling conventions for copy_mount_options() # extra tests with first bad commit reverted git bisect good 241dc6cc888af8cc59a6e1c3ddd4ee2e0da6d00d # 17:39 66+ 0 Revert "kernel/*: switch to memdup_user_nul()" # extra tests on tree/branch linus/master git bisect good 8db7b3c54401d83a4dc370a59b8692854000ea03 # 17:55 60+ 2 Merge branch 'parisc-4.4-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux # extra tests on tree/branch linux-next/master This script may reproduce the error. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/bash kernel=$1 initrd=quantal-core-x86_64.cgz wget --no-clobber https://github.com/fengguang/reproduce-kernel-bug/raw/master/initrd/$initrd kvm=( qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu kvm64 -kernel $kernel -initrd $initrd -m 300 -smp 2 -device e1000,netdev=net0 -netdev user,id=net0 -boot order=nc -no-reboot -watchdog i6300esb -rtc base=localtime -serial stdio -display none -monitor null ) append=( hung_task_panic=1 earlyprintk=ttyS0,115200 systemd.log_level=err debug apic=debug sysrq_always_enabled rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout=100 panic=-1 softlockup_panic=1 nmi_watchdog=panic oops=panic load_ramdisk=2 prompt_ramdisk=0 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 vga=normal root=/dev/ram0 rw drbd.minor_count=8 ) "${kvm[@]}" --append "${append[*]}" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/pipermail/lkp Intel Corporation -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/