Bug 362167

Summary:	kernel BUG at iinfo.c:39 of aufs
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 10.3	Reporter:	Paul Mogren <fkamogee>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Jeff Mahoney <jeffm>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	coolo, jeffm, ro
Version:	Final
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Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
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Description Paul Mogren 2008-02-15 14:59:27 UTC

I have a LiveUSB spin of openSUSE 10.3 with official package updates baked in, built with kiwi. In that scenario, I hit this BUG every time, and it doesn't take long. It is documented (with patch) on aufs mailing list as "aufs 20071126 crash on SMP", at 
[http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=E1IxtYM-0000rE-8V%40jroun].


For verification, I found a aufs-cvs20071112-20.src.rpm somewhere (I wish I knew where), which is shortly before the fix was made, and that still exhibited the problem. I then edited that RPM build to use a more current cvs tarball, 20080128. I have been using that from Jan 29 until now (Feb 15) and all has been well. I would like to see the patch (if not a full version update that includes it) in the official update repo for 10.3.

Comment 1 Paul Mogren 2008-02-15 15:34:39 UTC

Having thought more about it and dug around, I'm fairly sure the aufs-cvs20071112-20.src.rpm I found was from Factory. I see that it's since been updated in Factory to version cvs20080128-5, so I'll try using that directly, as it's less of a hack than what I've been doing.

Comment 2 Jeff Mahoney 2008-03-13 21:00:41 UTC

Hi Paul -

The aufs in Factory has been updated to the very latest version, plus some patches from us to allow it to build against the Factory kernel.

If you're still using the 10.3 Live CD, please try the aufs packages at: http://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/jeffm/suse/testpkgs/362167/

It contains the fix described in the thread you linked to, but I'd like to verify it's the complete fix.

Comment 3 Paul Mogren 2008-03-23 17:01:09 UTC

Hi Jeff, 

I built a 10.3 Live USB stick with all official updates plus your binary RPM's for x86, and it seems to work fine.

Also, if anyone cares, I mentioned about a month ago trying the cvs20080128-5 source RPM from Factory with the 10.3 kernel update available at the time; that also worked fine for me.

Thanks,
Paul

Comment 4 Jeff Mahoney 2008-03-23 18:09:15 UTC

Ok, I've submitted the changes for the package, so I'll close this as FIXED.

Thanks for the tip on the updated CVS, but our policy is that we don't bump versions during a release cycle. OpenSUSE 11.0 will have the latest version.

Comment 5 Paul Mogren 2008-03-23 18:49:53 UTC

What about just including the patch in question, rather than a version bump, in an update?

Comment 6 Jeff Mahoney 2008-03-24 00:04:21 UTC

Paul, the first line of comment #4 says exactly that.

Comment 7 Paul Mogren 2008-03-24 03:23:49 UTC

Okay, it wasn't clear to me, thanks.

Comment 9 Stephan Kulow 2008-04-09 16:48:37 UTC

not if you ask me. It's very easy to add build service repos to kiwi configs and aufs is not supported as is. I'm still glad it's fixed though as we plan to provide USB sticks with 11.0 :)

Comment 10 Paul Mogren 2008-04-24 01:44:07 UTC

I (and probably any kiwi user) would be fine with getting updated aufs packages for 10.3 from a build service, but I haven't been able to find any. I just checked http://software.opensuse.org/search again.

BTW, where could I find more information about the plans for 11.0 and LiveUSB? I've never been able to find this on the wiki and only a vague reference on a mailing list.

Comment 11 Paul Mogren 2008-04-24 11:37:01 UTC

Just to clarify, I did find the patched, but not upgraded version on the 10.3 update site (which I just discovered is included in the search engine at packages.opensuse-community.org but not software.opensuse.org) and this does meet my needs for 10.3. Sorry for any confusion.

Comment 12 Dirk Mueller 2008-09-11 22:58:02 UTC

fixed for 11.0