Running this on linux-next from 11 Dec on qemu: $ ndctl create-namespace -e namespace0.0 -f --mode=fsdax I got the splat. localhost login: [ 71.481606] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 71.483365] list_del corruption. prev->next should be ffff88800f3ca250, but was ffff88802f5f9dd0 [ 71.485096] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1106 at lib/list_debug.c:51 __list_del_entry_valid+0xb3/0xd0 [ 71.486533] Modules linked in: rfkill bochs_drm drm_vram_helper drm_ttm_helper ttm drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysie [ 71.494002] CPU: 1 PID: 1106 Comm: ndctl Not tainted 5.5.0-rc1-next-20191211+ #80 [ 71.495241] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-2.fc30 04/01/2014 [ 71.496674] RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid+0xb3/0xd0 [ 71.497544] Code: 4c 89 e2 48 89 ee 48 c7 c7 40 45 bf 82 e8 cf 62 7f ff 0f 0b 31 c0 eb c6 4c 89 e2 48 89 ee 48 c7 c7 a0 45 bf f [ 71.500579] RSP: 0018:ffff88801b8f7aa8 EFLAGS: 00010286 [ 71.501448] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881bf4018c0 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 71.502595] RDX: 1ffff11076c17471 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffed100371ef47 [ 71.503756] RBP: ffff88800f3ca250 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed1076c18701 [ 71.504925] R10: ffffed1076c18700 R11: ffff8883b60c3807 R12: ffff88802f5f9dd0 [ 71.506088] R13: ffff88802f5f9dd0 R14: ffff88800f3ca220 R15: ffff88800f3ca1b8 [ 71.507258] FS: 00007fa540afd600(0000) GS:ffff8883b6080000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 71.508572] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 71.509540] CR2: 00007fa540f4a160 CR3: 000000001bf5e000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 [ 71.510694] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 71.511846] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 71.513001] Call Trace: [ 71.513474] __dentry_kill+0xe3/0x250 [ 71.514109] ? dput+0x26/0x5c0 [ 71.514664] dput+0x331/0x5c0 [ 71.515208] debugfs_remove+0x40/0x60 [ 71.515863] bdi_unregister+0x263/0x310 [ 71.516529] ? bdi_get_by_id+0xa0/0xa0 [ 71.517204] del_gendisk+0x4bd/0x4d0 [ 71.517823] ? disk_events_poll_msecs_store+0x140/0x140 [ 71.518705] ? rwlock_bug.part.0+0x60/0x60 [ 71.519442] ? iput+0x6b/0x3e0 [ 71.520001] pmem_release_disk+0x54/0x70 [nd_pmem] [ 71.520828] release_nodes+0x3eb/0x460 [ 71.521488] ? devres_remove_group+0x1a0/0x1a0 [ 71.522250] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x45/0x50 [ 71.523022] device_release_driver_internal+0x146/0x260 [ 71.523909] unbind_store+0x12d/0x150 [ 71.524553] ? sysfs_file_ops+0xa0/0xa0 [ 71.525207] kernfs_fop_write+0x141/0x240 [ 71.525901] vfs_write+0xf2/0x250 [ 71.526489] ksys_write+0xc3/0x160 [ 71.529996] ? __ia32_sys_read+0x50/0x50 [ 71.533420] ? mark_held_locks+0x24/0x90 [ 71.536826] do_syscall_64+0x74/0xd0 [ 71.540176] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe [ 71.543697] RIP: 0033:0x7fa540e2f008 [ 71.546937] Code: 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 8d 05 15 66 0d 00 8b 00 85 c0 75 17 b8 5 [ 71.555195] RSP: 002b:00007ffef2c6cd98 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 [ 71.559052] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055e71d44a670 RCX: 00007fa540e2f008 [ 71.562794] RDX: 000000000000000d RSI: 000055e71d44a670 RDI: 0000000000000004 [ 71.566466] RBP: 000000000000000d R08: 000055e71d44a630 R09: 00007fa540ebfe80 [ 71.570077] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000004 [ 71.573667] R13: 00007fa540afd528 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 71.577238] irq event stamp: 15416 [ 71.580156] hardirqs last enabled at (15415): [<ffffffff811aa4ed>] console_unlock+0x54d/0x6f0 [ 71.583434] hardirqs last disabled at (15416): [<ffffffff810044c9>] trace_hardirqs_off_thunk+0x1a/0x1c [ 71.586723] softirqs last enabled at (15412): [<ffffffff8240048e>] __do_softirq+0x48e/0x55c [ 71.589926] softirqs last disabled at (15357): [<ffffffff810f08fd>] irq_exit+0x15d/0x170 [ 71.593007] ---[ end trace 509de64125a53950 ]--- I ran against 5.5rc2 and this did not happen... Bisecting from 5.5 rc2 (good) ae4b064e2a61 Merge tag 'afs-fixes-20191211' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs to linux next (bad) 938f49c85b36 Add linux-next specific files for 20191211 Landed on: 17:05:30 > git bisect bad 653f0d05be0948e7610bb786e6570bb6c48a4e75 is the first bad commit commit 653f0d05be0948e7610bb786e6570bb6c48a4e75 Author: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Nov 18 09:43:10 2019 -0500 simple_recursive_removal(): kernel-side rm -rf for ramfs-style filesystems two requirements: no file creations in IS_DEADDIR and no cross-directory renames whatsoever. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> :040000 040000 6935d6016c3dd2baf3577078c5c1ab1ced013818 55b19d33965e4fa3a5ce8efd404631032e8963df M fs :040000 040000 09a8639751b250997ad4e6e92d28555db2680b06 95d538eaebf7296bc15d5d599313de64a2011347 M include :040000 040000 223319a4e2c3404e7bacae1e1eaab5ca205c1e80 0456294ec4aa4653e77968a9f975c21f3f6549dc M kernel After a quick look through the change I'm at a loss as to what the issue may be or how this relates to the ndctl command I'm running. Hopefully someone can help. Ira