Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-15,: Re: Crash in do_mount () in 2.3.99-pre4 while mounting rootfs.

# Re: Crash in do_mount () in 2.3.99-pre4 while mounting rootfs.

Remi Turk (linux-kernel@a2zis.com)
Fri, 14 Apr 2000 08:33:13 +0200

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Remi Turk wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The 2.3.99-pre4 kernel hardlocks my system while mounting the rootfs.
> Even SysRQ doesn't work anymore. It crashes in do_mount () at
> line 938 of fs/super.c with a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer".
> 2.3.99-pre3 doesn't crash.
>
> fs/super.c:
> 936 down(&mount_sem);
> 937 error = -ENOTDIR;
> 938 if (!S_ISDIR(dir_d->d_inode->i_mode))
> 939 goto dput_and_out;

2.3.99-pre6-pre1 fixes the problem.

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