On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 06:07:34PM +0800, zwu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > +static int hot_debugfs_copy(struct debugfs_vol_data *data, char *msg, int len) > +{ > + struct lstring *debugfs_log = data->debugfs_log; > + uint new_log_alloc_size; > + char *new_log; > + static char err_msg[] = "No more memory!\n"; > + > + if (len >= data->log_alloc_size - debugfs_log->len) { > + /* > + * Not enough room in the log buffer for the new message. > + * Allocate a bigger buffer. > + */ > + new_log_alloc_size = data->log_alloc_size + LOG_PAGE_SIZE; > + new_log = vmalloc(new_log_alloc_size); This is also called with a spinlock from hot_debugfs_log, and it is a frequent call. I found my testbox inaccessible after an hour of md5sums on a partition when I tried to print contents of the /sys/debug files. Serial console log filled with [ 4886.141736] BUG: scheduling while atomic: mc/3176/0x00000004 [ 4886.148443] INFO: lockdep is turned off. [ 4886.153424] Modules linked in: aoe dm_crypt loop btrfs [ 4886.159705] Pid: 3176, comm: mc Tainted: G W 3.6.0hottrack-default+ #209 [ 4886.168346] Call Trace: [ 4886.171842] [<ffffffff8107e528>] __schedule_bug+0x68/0x90 [ 4886.178427] [<ffffffff81919b6c>] __schedule+0x73c/0x810 [ 4886.184809] [<ffffffff81919cf9>] schedule+0x29/0x70 [ 4886.190838] [<ffffffff8191729c>] schedule_timeout+0x17c/0x2f0 [ 4886.197732] [<ffffffff8105c260>] ? del_timer+0x100/0x100 [ 4886.204198] [<ffffffff8191b59b>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x2b/0x50 [ 4886.211099] [<ffffffff8191742e>] schedule_timeout_uninterruptible+0x1e/0x20 [ 4886.219211] [<ffffffff811150a9>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x839/0x9f0 [ 4886.226624] [<ffffffff811428c3>] __vmalloc_node_range+0xf3/0x200 [ 4886.233788] [<ffffffff8118b659>] ? hot_debugfs_copy+0x59/0x130 [ 4886.240774] [<ffffffff81142a05>] __vmalloc_node+0x35/0x40 [ 4886.247335] [<ffffffff8118b659>] ? hot_debugfs_copy+0x59/0x130 [ 4886.254331] [<ffffffff81142bcc>] vmalloc+0x2c/0x30 [ 4886.260299] [<ffffffff8118b659>] hot_debugfs_copy+0x59/0x130 [ 4886.267130] [<ffffffff8118b7c6>] hot_debugfs_log+0x96/0xe0 [ 4886.273772] [<ffffffff8118b86f>] __hot_debugfs_print_inode_freq_data+0x5f/0x80 [ 4886.282149] [<ffffffff8118c58c>] __hot_debugfs_comm_read+0x14c/0x280 [ 4886.289653] [<ffffffff8118b810>] ? hot_debugfs_log+0xe0/0xe0 [ 4886.296461] [<ffffffff8118c6d5>] __hot_debugfs_inode_read+0x15/0x20 [ 4886.303853] [<ffffffff8115a19b>] vfs_read+0xcb/0x190 [ 4886.309934] [<ffffffff8115a2c2>] sys_read+0x62/0xb0 [ 4886.315927] [<ffffffff8138d01e>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f [ 4886.323399] [<ffffffff81924979>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b 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