From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 6 02:05:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA08898 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 6 Jun 1997 02:05:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gateway.cybernet.com (gateway.cybernet.com [192.245.33.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA08893 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 1997 02:05:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spiffy.cybernet.com (spiffy.cybernet.com [192.245.33.55]) by gateway.cybernet.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA22455 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 1997 05:06:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3397D245.5B98FB3F@cybernet.com> Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 05:03:01 -0400 From: "Mark J. Taylor" Organization: Cybernet Systems X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b5C (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quotas on 2.2.1-RELEASE: quotaon / quotaoff kills machine X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <5n6st7$rvg@gateway.cybernet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Seems that there is a null-pointer de-reference in ufs/ufs_quotas.c when the back pointer is being set for the nth time. The source for -current's ufs_quotas.c looks slightly different than 2.2.2's (more usage of the TAILQ stuff), so it makes it hard to compare the sources. Any comments about what should really change in 2.2.2 besides a check for the null-pointer dereference? Mark J. Taylor wrote: > > I've got a 2.2.1-RELEASE machine that tends to die after doing a few > quotaon / quotaoff commands. It dies on the nth 'quotaon' command. > > I am keeping the quota control files in the root of the filesystem > being quota'ed. > > Is there anything else I need to look-out for? > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark J. Taylor Network R&D Manager Cybernet Systems mtaylor@cybernet.com 727 Airport Blvd. PHONE (313) 668-2567 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 FAX (313) 668-8780 --------------------------------------------------------------------