It looks like the bcache branch (3.6.0-rc3) hangs when registering a cache device. I don't have that issue with the 3.2 branch. [root@test0 ~]# echo /dev/sdb1 > /sys/fs/bcache/register [ 143.221306] bcache: invalidating existing data [ 203.136484] INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU { 0} (t=60000 jiffies ) [ 203.144151] Pid: 83, comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 3.6.0-rc3+ #7 [ 203.150254] Call Trace: [ 203.152807] <IRQ> [<ffffffff810d8b34>] rcu_check_callbacks+0x184/0x700 [ 203.159753] [<ffffffff81060928>] update_process_times+0x48/0x90 [ 203.165861] [<ffffffff8109bfc3>] tick_sched_timer+0x63/0x170 [ 203.171710] [<ffffffff81078063>] __run_hrtimer+0x73/0x200 [ 203.177298] [<ffffffff8109bf60>] ? tick_init_highres+0x20/0x20 [ 203.183318] [<ffffffff8109597c>] ? ktime_get_update_offsets+0x4c/0xd0 [ 203.189947] [<ffffffff81057c62>] ? __do_softirq+0x122/0x270 [ 203.195709] [<ffffffff810787e7>] hrtimer_interrupt+0x117/0x260 [ 203.201732] [<ffffffff8158f4bc>] ? call_softirq+0x1c/0x30 [ 203.207321] [<ffffffff8143a1f0>] ? bch_bucket_add_unused+0xe0/0xe0 [ 203.213690] [<ffffffff8158fdf9>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x69/0x99 [ 203.220145] [<ffffffff8158edca>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6a/0x70 [ 203.226246] <EOI> [<ffffffff81439c31>] ? can_invalidate_bucket+0x31/0x40 [ 203.233361] [<ffffffff8143a6a4>] ? bch_allocator_thread+0x4b4/0xef0 [ 203.239815] [<ffffffff81074480>] ? add_wait_queue+0x60/0x60 [ 203.245574] [<ffffffff8143a1f0>] ? bch_bucket_add_unused+0xe0/0xe0 [ 203.251941] [<ffffffff8106d00a>] process_one_work+0x13a/0x590 [ 203.257872] [<ffffffff8106e6f1>] worker_thread+0x191/0x500 [ 203.263543] [<ffffffff8106e560>] ? manage_workers+0x2d0/0x2d0 [ 203.269476] [<ffffffff81073b13>] kthread+0x93/0xa0 [ 203.274454] [<ffffffff8158f3c4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [ 203.280472] [<ffffffff81073a80>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0xb0/0xb0 [ 203.286753] [<ffffffff8158f3c0>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bcache" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html