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

[Remi Turk]

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.