Bug #1839
closed
Segfault, NULL pointer dereference in mount_mfs from LiveCD.
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Description
By running the `reboot` command from the LiveCD one is able to get a seg fault
as follows:
syncing disks...
done
unmount(0xffffffffe0c385c60): Forced unmount: 2 namecache references still present
unmount(0xffffffffe0c385c60): Forced unmount: 4 process references still present
seg-fault accessing address 0 rip=0x40782c pid=85 p_comm=mount_mfs
EXDEV case 1 0xffffffffe010ab9b0
pid 85 (mount_mfs), uid 0: exited on signal 11
Rebooting..
We should clean that one up before release.. Although not a massive priority at
the moment.
Cheers,
Edward.
Updated by alexh about 14 years ago
I suggest we actually move away from mfs and use tmpfs instead. This would
involve (at least) the following steps:
- Change the fstab for the nrelease magic to use tmpfs, but keeping the same
options in use (i.e. size [note that mfs' size is in sectors, iirc])
- Probably expand mount_tmpfs to use FSCopy & FSPaste with an optional parameter
'-C', as with mount_mfs, as long as we don't have a working unionfs. FSCopy and
FSPaste can be found in newfs/fscopy.c. An alternative to this would be finally
fixing unionfs, but that's a more complicated issue.
- Test a few installations to see if everything still works as expected with the
new tmpfs magic. This would ideally include both x86 and x86_64.
Cheers,
Alex Hornung
Updated by elekktretterr about 14 years ago
Alex Hornung <ahornung@gmail.com> added the comment:
I suggest we actually move away from mfs and use tmpfs instead. This would
involve (at least) the following steps:
- Change the fstab for the nrelease magic to use tmpfs, but keeping the
same
options in use (i.e. size [note that mfs' size is in sectors, iirc])
- Probably expand mount_tmpfs to use FSCopy & FSPaste with an optional
parameter
'-C', as with mount_mfs, as long as we don't have a working unionfs.
FSCopy and
FSPaste can be found in newfs/fscopy.c. An alternative to this would be
finally
fixing unionfs, but that's a more complicated issue.
- Test a few installations to see if everything still works as expected
with the
new tmpfs magic. This would ideally include both x86 and x86_64.Cheers,
Alex Hornung
This might be slightly inaccurate, but is it possible currently, when
using LiveCD, to write to the memory filesystem? (either mfs or tmpfs). It
would be great. I often had a need in the past to create temporary files.
Petr
Updated by dillon about 14 years ago
:This might be slightly inaccurate, but is it possible currently, when
:using LiveCD, to write to the memory filesystem? (either mfs or tmpfs). It
:would be great. I often had a need in the past to create temporary files.
:
:Petr
Several mount points such as /var, /tmp, and /etc are writable when
booting from a LiveCD, precisely because they are using a memory
filesystem (mfs, tmpfs, whatever).Yes, it's convenient to be able to edit those even though they will
reset on reboot.-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>