To reproduce this bug, enable ext4 trace events, and then keep creating files in a nealy fullly ocupied partition: # echo 1 > debugfs/tracing/events/ext4/eanble # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb7 20158332 19072148 62184 100% / ... # cat test.sh #! /bin/sh for ((i = 0; ; i++)) { echo "create file: file_${i}.dat" dd if=/dev/zero of=file_${i}.dat bs=1M count=10 > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then break; fi } # ./test.sh create file: file_0.dat create file: file_1.dat ... create file: file_108.dat # sync (panic) Seems ac->ac_inode can be NULL: DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(ext4__mballoc, ... TP_fast_assign( __entry->dev = ac->ac_inode->i_sb->s_dev; __entry->ino = ac->ac_inode->i_ino; ... ), ... ); BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000100 IP: [<ffffffffa00e2e2c>] ftrace_raw_event_ext4__mballoc+0x6c/0xe0 [ext4] PGD 37ab6067 PUD a78a4067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cache/index2/shared_cpu_map CPU 0 Modules linked in: ip6table_filter ip6_tables ebtable_nat ebtables ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat bridge stp llc autofs4 be2iscsi bnx2i cnic uio cxgb3i iw_cxgb3 cxgb3 mdio ib_iser rdma_cm ib_cm iw_cm ib_sa ib_mad ib_core ib_addr ipv6 iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ext3 jbd dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod e1000e i5k_amb hwmon i5000_edac iTCO_wdt sg edac_core i2c_i801 i2c_core shpchp iTCO_vendor_support ext4 mbcache jbd2 sd_mod crc_t10dif sr_mod cdrom pata_acpi ata_generic mptsas mptscsih mptbase ata_piix scsi_transport_sas [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] Pid: 902, comm: flush-8:16 Not tainted 2.6.35-rc5 #1 D2671/PRIMERGY RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa00e2e2c>] [<ffffffffa00e2e2c>] ftrace_raw_event_ext4__mballoc+0x6c/0xe0 [ext4] RSP: 0018:ffff880137fab6e0 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: ffff880137cee738 RBX: ffff880068e40910 RCX: ffff880137cee734 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffa010ed38 RDI: ffff880137cee73c RBP: ffff880137fab720 R08: 000000a2b2177ca4 R09: 000000a2b217565f R10: 0000000000000755 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffffffa010ed38 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff880137cee734 R15: 0000000000000282 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff880002400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 0000000000000100 CR3: 0000000037aba000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process flush-8:16 (pid: 902, threadinfo ffff880137faa000, task ffff8801395a8040) Stack: ffff880137fab770 ffff88013b2978c0 ffff880137fab710 ffff880068e40910 <0> ffff880138462460 ffff880137fab7d0 0000000000000001 0000000000000001 <0> ffff880137fab770 ffffffffa00f6781 ffff880137fab770 00000022000046ce Call Trace: [<ffffffffa00f6781>] ext4_mb_release_group_pa+0x131/0x160 [ext4] [<ffffffffa00f92a8>] ext4_mb_discard_group_preallocations+0x418/0x4d0 [ext4] [<ffffffffa00fc21c>] ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x37c/0x4f0 [ext4] [<ffffffffa00f3059>] ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x1449/0x1af0 [ext4] [<ffffffff810d03d2>] ? ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0xa2/0x160 [<ffffffff810ff4c6>] ? __pagevec_release+0x26/0x40 [<ffffffffa00d2b10>] ext4_map_blocks+0xe0/0x200 [ext4] [<ffffffffa00d3efd>] mpage_da_map_blocks+0xcd/0x420 [ext4] [<ffffffffa00d4a6b>] ext4_da_writepages+0x2db/0x630 [ext4] [<ffffffff8100ba2e>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0xe/0x20 [<ffffffff810fdae1>] do_writepages+0x21/0x40 [<ffffffff81163e76>] writeback_single_inode+0xc6/0x2d0 [<ffffffff8116428e>] writeback_sb_inodes+0xce/0x180 [<ffffffff811643d9>] writeback_inodes_wb+0x99/0x180 [<ffffffff811646fb>] wb_writeback+0x23b/0x2a0 [<ffffffff811648cf>] wb_do_writeback+0x16f/0x180 [<ffffffff8106e1e0>] ? process_timeout+0x0/0x10 [<ffffffff81164937>] bdi_writeback_task+0x57/0x160 [<ffffffff8107d337>] ? bit_waitqueue+0x17/0xd0 [<ffffffff8110cc60>] ? bdi_start_fn+0x0/0xe0 [<ffffffff8110ccd1>] bdi_start_fn+0x71/0xe0 [<ffffffff8110cc60>] ? bdi_start_fn+0x0/0xe0 [<ffffffff8107cde6>] kthread+0x96/0xa0 [<ffffffff8100be84>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffff8107cd50>] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0 [<ffffffff8100be80>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10 Code: ff ff 4c 89 f9 ba 28 00 00 00 45 89 e8 e8 9d f5 fe e0 48 85 c0 49 89 c6 74 51 48 89 c7 e8 1d a3 fe e0 48 8b 13 4c 89 f1 4c 89 e6 <48> 8b 92 00 01 00 00 8b 52 10 8950 0c 48 8b 13 48 8b 52 40 48 RIP [<ffffffffa00e2e2c>] ftrace_raw_event_ext4__mballoc+0x6c/0xe0 [ext4] RSP <ffff880137fab6e0> CR2: 0000000000000100 ---[ end trace 28cc4a1689f1df47 ]--- BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000040 IP: [<ffffffffa00d73fc>] ftrace_raw_event_ext4_mb_release_group_pa+0x7c/0xe0 [ext4] PGD 1389fe067 PUD 1389b0067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cache/index2/shared_cpu_map CPU 3 Modules linked in: ip6table_filter ip6_tables ebtable_nat ebtables ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat bridge stp llc autofs4 be2iscsi bnx2i cnic uio cxgb3i iw_cxgb3 cxgb3 mdio ib_iser rdma_cm ib_cm iw_cm ib_sa ib_mad ib_core ib_addr ipv6 iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ext3 jbd dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support sg i5k_amb hwmon i2c_i801 i2c_core i5000_edac edac_core shpchp e1000e ext4 mbcache jbd2 sd_mod crc_t10dif sr_mod cdrom pata_acpi ata_generic mptsas mptscsih mptbase ata_piix scsi_transport_sas [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] Pid: 938, comm: flush-8:16 Not tainted 2.6.35-rc5-lizf #2 D2671/PRIMERGY RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa00d73fc>] [<ffffffffa00d73fc>] ftrace_raw_event_ext4_mb_release_group_pa+0x7c/0xe0 [ext4] RSP: 0018:ffff880136ebb6d0 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: ffff880137bdf21c RBX: ffffffffa0104470 RCX: ffff880137bdf218 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffa0104470 RDI: ffff880137bdf220 RBP: ffff880136ebb720 R08: 0000003c4d0f4ef1 R09: 0000003c4d0f3c8b R10: 0000000000000242 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88013904a748 R13: ffff8801392596d0 R14: ffff880137bdf218 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff880002580000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 0000000000000040 CR3: 0000000138a16000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process flush-8:16 (pid: 938, threadinfo ffff880136eba000, task ffff880136ddd540) Stack: ffff880136e2f000 0000000000000282 ffff880136ebb770 ffff88013b2978c0 <0> ffff880136ebb710 ffff8801392596d0 ffff88013904a748 ffff880136ebb7d0 <0> ffff880136e2f000 ffff8801388054e0 ffff880136ebb770 ffffffffa00eb886 Call Trace: [<ffffffffa00eb886>] ext4_mb_release_group_pa+0x106/0x160 [ext4] [<ffffffffa00ee3d8>] ext4_mb_discard_group_preallocations+0x418/0x4d0 [ext4] [<ffffffffa00f134c>] ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x37c/0x4f0 [ext4] [<ffffffffa00e8189>] ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x1449/0x1af0 [ext4] [<ffffffff810d03d2>] ? ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0xa2/0x160 [<ffffffff812155b6>] ? __prop_inc_single+0x46/0x60 [<ffffffff810ff4c6>] ? __pagevec_release+0x26/0x40 [<ffffffffa00c7b10>] ext4_map_blocks+0xe0/0x200 [ext4] [<ffffffffa00c8efd>] mpage_da_map_blocks+0xcd/0x420 [ext4] [<ffffffffa00c9a6b>] ext4_da_writepages+0x2db/0x630 [ext4] [<ffffffff810fdae1>] do_writepages+0x21/0x40 [<ffffffff81163e76>] writeback_single_inode+0xc6/0x2d0 [<ffffffff8116428e>] writeback_sb_inodes+0xce/0x180 [<ffffffff811643d9>] writeback_inodes_wb+0x99/0x180 [<ffffffff811646fb>] wb_writeback+0x23b/0x2a0 [<ffffffff811648cf>] wb_do_writeback+0x16f/0x180 [<ffffffff8106e1e0>] ? process_timeout+0x0/0x10 [<ffffffff81164937>] bdi_writeback_task+0x57/0x160 [<ffffffff8107d337>] ? bit_waitqueue+0x17/0xd0 [<ffffffff8110cc60>] ? bdi_start_fn+0x0/0xe0 [<ffffffff8110ccd1>] bdi_start_fn+0x71/0xe0 [<ffffffff8110cc60>] ? bdi_start_fn+0x0/0xe0 [<ffffffff8107cde6>] kthread+0x96/0xa0 [<ffffffff8100be84>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffff8107cd50>] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0 [<ffffffff8100be80>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10 Code: 89 f8 e8 d8 af ff e0 48 85 c0 49 89 c6 74 45 48 89 c7 e8 58 5d ff e0 49 8b 55 08 4c 89 f1 48 89 de 8b 52 10 89 50 0c 49 8b 55 00 <48> 8b 52 40 48 89 50 10 49 8b 5424 40 48 89 50 18 41 8b 54 24 RIP [<ffffffffa00d73fc>] ftrace_raw_event_ext4_mb_release_group_pa+0x7c/0xe0 [ext4] RSP <ffff880136ebb6d0> CR2: 0000000000000040 ---[ end trace 08bbe3845c7f3a09 ]--- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html