[Filesystems-devel] Bug#886329: Bug#886329: Bug#886329: Bug#886329: aufs-dkms: Cannot use aufs union mount with Linux 4.14.7-1: kernel BUG at /var/lib/dkms/aufs/4.14+20171218/build/fs/aufs/finfo.c:113

[sfjro at users.sourceforge.net]

intrigeri:
> OK, sorry. I got confused by:
>
>    I am interested in why you set '1' to the aufs module parameter "debug".
>    If you had not set, this bug would not appear I guess. Did you see
>    something wrong without setting "debug"?
>
> =E2=80=A6 which seemed to refer to that module parameter. Anyway, moving on:

Ah, that is my bad. Sorry.


> Confirmed! So indeed, this problem only happens when CONFIG_AUFS_DEBUG
> is enabled, which is the default setting in aufs4-standalone.git's
> config.mk and the Debian aufs-dkms package does not change that.
> So let me ask: is it recommended to disable this compilation option
> for production use?

Glad to hear that!
Generally for production use, all debugging feature should be disabled.
The reason I release aufs with CONFIG_AUFS_DEBUG enabled is I secretly
expect a bug report such like this. :-)


J. R. Okajima