Steps to reproduce:
- Allocate all available memory of a WineFS partition to one file (
fallocate -l <large number> <myfile>). I tried 100000000 for a 16MB partition.
- Now create a new file and allocate 4097 bytes to it (
fallocate -l 4097 <second file>)
This should lead to the fallocate process getting killed and this error message in the kernel log "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000".
I think the issue is that pmfs_increase_btree_height fails due to lack of memory but returns 0 (no error) anyways.
The subsequent allocation attempt tries to read from the inner tree node which is a null block which results in this error.
Steps to reproduce:
fallocate -l <large number> <myfile>). I tried 100000000 for a 16MB partition.fallocate -l 4097 <second file>)This should lead to the fallocate process getting killed and this error message in the kernel log "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000".
I think the issue is that
pmfs_increase_btree_heightfails due to lack of memory but returns 0 (no error) anyways.The subsequent allocation attempt tries to read from the inner tree node which is a null block which results in this error.