With the following portal.conf: # cat portal.conf e/ rfilter e/ echo %s ...then mounting it: # mount_portal /tmp/m/portal.conf /tmp/m/p ...attaching gdb(1) to it: # gdb -p `pgrep mount_portal` GNU gdb (GDB) 8.0.1 [...] (gdb) b portal_node_reclaim Breakpoint 1 at 0x1aa403040: file /usr/src/sbin/mount_portal/puffs_portal.c, line 805. (gdb) c Continuing. [Switching to LWP 1 of process 29602] ...and then doing: % head -1 /tmp/m/p/e/bar Leads to: Thread 1 "" hit Breakpoint 1, portal_node_reclaim (pu=0x7ed8ec7ab000, opc=0x7ed8ec7b7020) at /usr/src/sbin/mount_portal/puffs_portal.c:805 805 { (gdb) bt #0 portal_node_reclaim (pu=0x7ed8ec7ab000, opc=0x7ed8ec7b7020) at /usr/src/sbin/mount_portal/puffs_portal.c:805 #1 0x00000001aa403528 in portal_node_getattr (pu=0x7ed8ec7ab000, opc=0x7ed8ec7b7020, va=0x7ed8ec7aa090, pcr=0x7ed8ec7aa038) at /usr/src/sbin/mount_portal/puffs_portal.c:593 #2 0x00007ed8ec008d50 in dispatch (pcc=pcc@entry=0x7ed8ec740000) at /usr/src/lib/libpuffs/dispatcher.c:483 #3 0x00007ed8ec009495 in puffs__ml_dispatch (pu=0x7ed8ec7ab000, pb=0x7ed8ec795050) at /usr/src/lib/libpuffs/dispatcher.c:64 #4 0x00007ed8ec00b90e in puffs__framev_input (pu=pu@entry=0x7ed8ec7ab000, fctrl=0x7ed8ec7ab5f8, fio=fio@entry=0x7ed8ec79d060) at /usr/src/lib/libpuffs/framebuf.c:699 #5 0x00007ed8ec00d80b in puffs__theloop (pcc=) at /usr/src/lib/libpuffs/puffs.c:909 #6 0x00007ed8eb86b3a0 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.12 Backtrace stopped: Cannot access memory at address 0x7ed8ec780000 (gdb) c Continuing. Thread 1 "" hit Breakpoint 1, portal_node_reclaim (pu=0x7ed8ec7ab000, opc=0x7ed8ec7b7020) at /usr/src/sbin/mount_portal/puffs_portal.c:805 805 { (gdb) bt #0 portal_node_reclaim (pu=0x7ed8ec7ab000, opc=0x7ed8ec7b7020) at /usr/src/sbin/mount_portal/puffs_portal.c:805 #1 0x00007ed8ec008e3b in dispatch (pcc=pcc@entry=0x7ed8ec740000) at /usr/src/lib/libpuffs/dispatcher.c:876 #2 0x00007ed8ec009495 in puffs__ml_dispatch (pu=0x7ed8ec7ab000, pb=0x7ed8ec795050) at /usr/src/lib/libpuffs/dispatcher.c:64 #3 0x00007ed8ec00b90e in puffs__framev_input (pu=pu@entry=0x7ed8ec7ab000, fctrl=0x7ed8ec7ab5f8, fio=fio@entry=0x7ed8ec79d060) at /usr/src/lib/libpuffs/framebuf.c:699 #4 0x00007ed8ec00d80b in puffs__theloop (pcc=) at /usr/src/lib/libpuffs/puffs.c:909 #5 0x00007ed8eb86b3a0 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.12 Backtrace stopped: Cannot access memory at address 0x7ed8ec780000 (gdb) c Continuing. : /usr/src/external/bsd/jemalloc/lib/../dist/src/rtree.c:205: Failed assertion: "!dependent || leaf != NULL" Thread 1 "" received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0x00007ed8eb9a4f9a in _lwp_kill () from /lib/libc.so.12 (gdb) bt #0 0x00007ed8eb9a4f9a in _lwp_kill () from /lib/libc.so.12 #1 0x00007ed8eb9a4bc7 in abort () at /usr/src/lib/libc/stdlib/abort.c:74 #2 0x00007ed8eb8de8f2 in rtree_child_leaf_tryread (elm=, dependent=) at /usr/src/external/bsd/jemalloc/lib/../dist/src/rtree.c:205 #3 0x00007ed8eb8deb9c in je_rtree_leaf_elm_lookup_hard (tsdn=, rtree=0x7ed8ebc1d6a0 , rtree_ctx=0x7ed8ec7c6068, rtree_ctx@entry=0x7ed8ec77fe04, key=6510615555426900570, key@entry=139470145322456, dependent=dependent@entry=true, init_missing=init_missing@entry=false) at /usr/src/external/bsd/jemalloc/lib/../dist/src/rtree.c:292 #4 0x00007ed8eb932f5b in rtree_leaf_elm_lookup (rtree=, init_missing=false, dependent=true, key=key@entry=139470145322456, rtree_ctx=rtree_ctx@entry=0x7ed8ec77fe04, tsdn=tsdn@entry=0x7ed8ec77fddc) at /usr/src/external/bsd/jemalloc/lib/../include/jemalloc/internal/rtree.h:381 #5 rtree_read (rtree=, dependent=true, key=key@entry=139470145322456, rtree_ctx=rtree_ctx@entry=0x7ed8ec77fe04, tsdn=tsdn@entry=0x7ed8ec77fddc) at /usr/src/external/bsd/jemalloc/lib/../include/jemalloc/internal/rtree.h:406 #6 rtree_szind_slab_read (tsdn=tsdn@entry=0x7ed8ec7c6040, rtree_ctx=rtree_ctx@entry=0x7ed8ec7c6068, key=key@entry=6510615555426900570, r_szind=r_szind@entry=0x7ed8ec77fdd8, r_slab=r_slab@entry=0x7ed8ec77fddc, dependent=true, rtree=) at /usr/src/external/bsd/jemalloc/lib/../include/jemalloc/internal/rtree.h:458 #7 0x00007ed8eb9368c6 in ifree (tsd=0x7ed8ec7c6040, ptr=0x5a5a5a5a5a5a5a5a, tcache=0x7ed8ec7c6200, slow_path=) at /usr/src/external/bsd/jemalloc/lib/../dist/src/jemalloc.c:2239 #8 0x00007ed8eb93a255 in free (ptr=0x5a5a5a5a5a5a5a5a) at /usr/src/external/bsd/jemalloc/lib/../dist/src/jemalloc.c:2433 #9 0x00000001aa403063 in portal_node_reclaim (pu=, opc=0x7ed8ec7b7020) at /usr/src/sbin/mount_portal/puffs_portal.c:812 #10 0x00007ed8ec008e3b in dispatch (pcc=pcc@entry=0x7ed8ec740000) at /usr/src/lib/libpuffs/dispatcher.c:876 #11 0x00007ed8ec009495 in puffs__ml_dispatch (pu=0x7ed8ec7ab000, pb=0x7ed8ec795050) at /usr/src/lib/libpuffs/dispatcher.c:64 #12 0x00007ed8ec00b90e in puffs__framev_input (pu=pu@entry=0x7ed8ec7ab000, fctrl=0x7ed8ec7ab5f8, fio=fio@entry=0x7ed8ec79d060) at /usr/src/lib/libpuffs/framebuf.c:699 #13 0x00007ed8ec00d80b in puffs__theloop (pcc=) at /usr/src/lib/libpuffs/puffs.c:909 #14 0x00007ed8eb86b3a0 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.12 Backtrace stopped: Cannot access memory at address 0x7ed8ec780000