On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 06:07:34PM +0800, zwu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > +static int hot_debugfs_log_init(struct debugfs_vol_data *data) > +{ > + int err = 0; > + struct lstring *debugfs_log = data->debugfs_log; > + > + spin_lock(&data->log_lock); > + debugfs_log->str = vmalloc(INIT_LOG_ALLOC_SIZE); vmalloc __might_sleep(), do the allocation outside of the lock and assign the value inside. Also, you may use vzalloc and drop the following memset. dmesg: vfs: turning on hot data tracking BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/slab.c:3220 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 3103, name: mc 1 lock held by mc/3103: #0: (&(&inode_data->log_lock)->rlock){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8118c656>] __hot_debugfs_comm_read+0x216/0x280 Pid: 3103, comm: mc Tainted: G W 3.6.0hottrack-default+ #208 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8108068c>] __might_sleep+0xfc/0x130 [<ffffffff8114f7c1>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xe1/0x270 [<ffffffff81142005>] __get_vm_area_node+0x95/0x1a0 [<ffffffff8108630f>] ? local_clock+0x6f/0x80 [<ffffffff8118c660>] ? __hot_debugfs_comm_read+0x220/0x280 [<ffffffff8114283d>] __vmalloc_node_range+0x6d/0x200 [<ffffffff8118c660>] ? __hot_debugfs_comm_read+0x220/0x280 [<ffffffff8118b810>] ? hot_debugfs_log+0xe0/0xe0 [<ffffffff81142a05>] __vmalloc_node+0x35/0x40 [<ffffffff8118c660>] ? __hot_debugfs_comm_read+0x220/0x280 [<ffffffff81142bcc>] vmalloc+0x2c/0x30 [<ffffffff8118c660>] __hot_debugfs_comm_read+0x220/0x280 [<ffffffff8191fd58>] ? __do_page_fault+0x238/0x590 [<ffffffff810ab825>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x155/0x1d0 [<ffffffff8138d01e>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f [<ffffffff8118c6d5>] __hot_debugfs_inode_read+0x15/0x20 [<ffffffff8115a19b>] vfs_read+0xcb/0x190 [<ffffffff8115a2c2>] sys_read+0x62/0xb0 [<ffffffff8138d01e>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f [<ffffffff81924979>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b > + if (debugfs_log->str) { > + memset(debugfs_log->str, 0, INIT_LOG_ALLOC_SIZE); > + data->log_alloc_size = INIT_LOG_ALLOC_SIZE; > + } else { > + err = -ENOMEM; > + } > + spin_unlock(&data->log_lock); > + > + return err; > +} I'm now playing with it, and haven't gone through the code yet, david -- 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