Re: Kernel BUG unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference

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On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Mitch Harder
<mitch.harder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Leonidas Spyropoulos
> <artafinde@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello, I got a kernel bug error, my guess from BTRFS.
>>
>> Here is the report,
>> Oct 22 20:44:43 localhost kernel: [25554.947970] BUG: unable to handle
>> kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000030
>> Oct 22 20:44:43 localhost kernel: [25554.948002] IP:
>> [<ffffffffa01ab027>] btrfs_print_leaf+0x37/0x880 [btrfs]
>
> A patch was submitted by Sergei Trofimovich to address the issue with
> handling a NULL pointer in btrfs_print_leaf.
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-btrfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg12021.html
>
> Unfortunately, this usually only crops up when btrfs runs into
> corruptions that it can't handle.  So you very likely still have
> problems even if the btrfs_print_leaf issue isn't addressed.
>

So from what I understand btrfs_print_leaf function is called only
when something is wrong and want to print out debug information,
correct?

How can I track down the real problem? Any suggestions?


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