Reverted the linux-next commit c20bac9bf82c ("ext4: fix potential race between s_flex_groups online resizing and access") fixed the crash below (with line numbers), struct flex_groups *flex_group = sbi_array_rcu_deref(EXT4_SB(sb), s_flex_groups, g); [ 575.924527][T13183] LTP: starting fanotify13 [ 576.010554][T31835] /dev/zero: Can't open blockdev [ 576.867392][T31835] EXT4-fs (loop0): mounting ext3 file system using the ext4 subsystem [ 576.919604][T31835] EXT4-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) [ 576.920112][T31835] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /tmp/ltp- ZMONVGlgwi/o0A0RE/mntpoint supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff) [ 576.948501][T31854] BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000070 [ 576.948550][T31854] Faulting instruction address: 0xc008000010501bfc [ 576.948573][T31854] Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] [ 576.948575][ C2] irq event stamp: 107073312 [ 576.948583][ C2] hardirqs last enabled at (107073312): [<c00000000099a174>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x94/0xd0 [ 576.948595][T31854] LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Radix SMP NR_CPUS=256 DEBUG_PAGEALLOC NUMA PowerNV [ 576.948598][T31854] Modules linked in: brd ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 loop ip_tables x_tables xfs sd_mod bnx2x ahci libahci mdio libata tg3 libphy firmware_class dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [ 576.948614][ C2] hardirqs last disabled at (107073311): [<c000000000999e0c>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3c/0xa0 [ 576.948646][T31854] CPU: 52 PID: 31854 Comm: fanotify13 Not tainted 5.6.0- rc2-next-20200221 #7 [ 576.948689][ C2] softirqs last enabled at (107073296): [<c000000000113b3c>] irq_enter+0x8c/0xc0 [ 576.948693][ C2] softirqs last disabled at (107073297): [<c000000000113cdc>] irq_exit+0x16c/0x1d0 [ 576.948754][T31854] NIP: c008000010501bfc LR: c008000010501d94 CTR: c0000000001f1e30 [ 576.948758][T31854] REGS: c00000129f56f700 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (5.6.0- rc2-next-20200221) [ 576.948945][T31854] MSR: 9000000000009033 <SF,HV,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 24004224 XER: 20040000 [ 576.948982][T31854] CFAR: c008000010501d9c DAR: 0000000000000070 DSISR: 40000000 IRQMASK: 0 [ 576.948982][T31854] GPR00: c008000010501d94 c00000129f56f990 c0080000105c1600 0000000000000001 [ 576.948982][T31854] GPR04: c000000001510808 0000000000000008 0000000005cf0ca2 fffffffe5ca98558 [ 576.948982][T31854] GPR08: 0000000000000001 0000000000000070 0000000000000000 c00800001057b690 [ 576.948982][T31854] GPR12: c0000000001f1e30 c000001ffffd5600 000000000000000e 00000000000007ff [ 576.948982][T31854] GPR16: c00000129f56fa20 000000000000fff5 0000000000000001 0000000000001dbc [ 576.948982][T31854] GPR20: 0000000000000000 000000000000002e 0000000000000800 0000000000000020 [ 576.948982][T31854] GPR24: 000000000000000e 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 c000000001510808 [ 576.948982][T31854] GPR28: c000001206b8d000 c0080000105d8227 c00000129f56fa20 0000000000000001 [ 576.949200][T31854] NIP [c008000010501bfc] get_orlov_stats+0x114/0x390 [ext4] get_orlov_stats at fs/ext4/ialloc.c:373 (discriminator 11) [ 576.949232][T31854] LR [c008000010501d94] get_orlov_stats+0x2ac/0x390 [ext4] [ 576.949243][T31854] Call Trace: [ 576.949260][T31854] [c00000129f56f990] [c008000010501d94] get_orlov_stats+0x2ac/0x390 [ext4] (unreliable) get_orlov_stats at fs/ext4/ialloc.c:373 (discriminator 11) [ 576.949301][T31854] [c00000129f56f9f0] [c00800001050231c] find_group_orlov+0x4a4/0x6b0 [ext4] find_group_orlov at fs/ext4/ialloc.c:467 [ 576.949334][T31854] [c00000129f56fae0] [c0080000105055c8] __ext4_new_inode+0x1450/0x23c0 [ext4] [ 576.949367][T31854] [c00000129f56fc50] [c008000010547f2c] ext4_mkdir+0x104/0x590 [ext4] [ 576.949399][T31854] [c00000129f56fd60] [c0000000004cbc64] vfs_mkdir+0x114/0x210 [ 576.949432][T31854] [c00000129f56fda0] [c0000000004d1a70] do_mkdirat+0xb0/0x1a0 [ 576.949454][T31854] [c00000129f56fe20] [c00000000000b378] system_call+0x5c/0x68 [ 576.949465][T31854] Instruction dump: [ 576.949473][T31854] 3c620000 e8638730 7f44d378 38630068 48078ccd e8410018 60000000 60000000 [ 576.949497][T31854] 60000000 73490001 4182019c 7b091f24 <7f59482a> 4807a0d1 e8410018 2fa30000 [ 576.949522][T31854] ---[ end trace de4acb29e0d7791c ]--- [ 577.200573][T31854] [ 578.200652][T31854] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception [ 579