[Unionfs] Kernel Panic on startup

[Erez Zadok]

In message <AC33E917323B7F429C94A5B919B4CD18067C9CE5 at emss04m05.us.lmco.com>, "Ngo, Andrew" writes:

> Hi,
>  
> I am trying to bootup my newly built OS with unionfs compiled in it.  I
> have kernel panic.  I am running RHEL5 kernel 2.6.18-8.el5, patched with
> unionfs-2.3.3_for_2.6.18.8.centos5.diff.gz.  The following are the
> message that I manually copied from whatever was left on the frozen
> screen:

> [<address>] link_path_walk+0xd3/0xe5
> [<address>] do_path_lookup+0x2aa/0x326
> [<address>] __path_lookup_intent_open+0x56/0x97
> [<address>] open_namei+0xb0/0x6d6
> [<address>] do_filp_open+0x1c/0x38
> [<address>] do_sys_open+0x44/0xbe
> [<address>] do_name+0xc0/0x180
> [<address>] write_buffer+01d/0x2b
> [<address>] flush_window+0x6c/0xca
> [<address>] inflate_codes+0x38f/0x3ec
> [<address>] inflate_dynamic+0x4ff/0x54c
> [<address>] unpack_to_rootfs+0x4be/0x923
> [<address>] populate_rootfs+0x8a/0xde
> [<address>] init+0x18d/0x3c5
> [<address>] clild+rif+0xa/0x11
> [<address>] acpi_ds_init_one_object+0x0/0x80
> [<address>] init+0x0/0x3c5
> [<address>] child_rip+0x0/0x11

Hard to tell what's going on.  Did you compile unionfs w/ debugging on?  Do
your logs (usually in /var/log) show anything during or after the reboot?
Can you provide an iso or vmware image with everything in it to try and
reproduce it here on my end?

Thanks,
Erez.