Hi, I am able to reproduce the triggering of BUG_ON() in shmem_delete_inode function of mm/shmem.c, line 814, while testing the insserv program in a dir on a tmpfs mount point with Linux 2.6.25.x and 2.6.26. insserv is the suse sysv initscript ordering program. It creates, removes and overwrites many files, directories and symlinks in a specific directory hierachy, and tries to do so as quickly and efficiently as possible. It's test suite is self contained, and hopefully runs on Linux systems other than Debian and suse, however I have not used it on a non-Debian system before. Below are the commands to reproduce, followed by the kernel output. The test script segfaults as it exits, as the trap function is attempting to remove the temporary directory that the insserv test suite operated in. # mount -t tmpfs -o mode=1777 tmpfs /var/tmp/ # exit $ cd /var/tmp/ $ wget -q http://users.tpg.com.au/sigm/misc/insserv-1.11.10-shmem.tar.gz $ tar xzf insserv-1.11.10-shmem.tar.gz $ cd insserv-1.11.10/ $ make gcc -W -Wall -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DINITDIR=\"/etc/init.d\" -DINSCONF=\"/etc/insserv.conf\" -pipe -falign-loops=0 -c insserv.c gcc -W -Wall -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DINITDIR=\"/etc/init.d\" -DINSCONF=\"/etc/insserv.conf\" -pipe -falign-loops=0 -c listing.c gcc -W -Wall -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DINITDIR=\"/etc/init.d\" -DINSCONF=\"/etc/insserv.conf\" -pipe -Wl,-O,3,--relax -o insserv insserv.o listing.o sed -r '\!@@BEGIN_SUSE@@!,\!@@(ELSE|END)_SUSE@@!d;\!@@(NOT|END)_SUSE@@!d' < insserv.8.in > insserv.8 $ chmod +x tests/run-testsuite $ ./tests/run-testsuite info: test normal boot sequence scripts, and their order insserv: warning: script 'nolsbheader' missing LSB tags and overrides insserv.conf init.d: beforenfs halt ifupdown-clean mountall.sh mountnfs.sh needlocalfs reboot umountfs checkfs.sh hwclock.sh kexec mountdevsubfs.sh needallfs networking single umountnfs checkroot.sh ifupdown killprocs mountkernfs.sh needallfs2 nolsbheader sysklogd umountroot rc0.d: K01hwclock.sh K01needlocalfs K02needallfs2 K03umountnfs K05ifupdown K07umountroot K01needallfs K01nolsbheader K02sysklogd K04networking K06umountfs K08halt rc1.d: K01needallfs K01needlocalfs K01nolsbheader K02needallfs2 K02sysklogd S01killprocs S02single rc2.d: S01needallfs2 S01needlocalfs S01sysklogd S02needallfs S02nolsbheader rc3.d: S01needallfs2 S01needlocalfs S01sysklogd S02needallfs S02nolsbheader rc4.d: S01needallfs2 S01needlocalfs S01sysklogd S02needallfs S02nolsbheader rc5.d: S01needallfs2 S01needlocalfs S01sysklogd S02needallfs S02nolsbheader rc6.d: K01hwclock.sh K01needlocalfs K02needallfs2 K03umountnfs K05ifupdown K07umountroot K09reboot K01needallfs K01nolsbheader K02sysklogd K04networking K06umountfs K08kexec rcS.d: S01mountkernfs.sh S03checkroot.sh S05hwclock.sh S05mountall.sh S06ifupdown S08mountnfs.sh S02mountdevsubfs.sh S04checkfs.sh S05ifupdown-clean S06beforenfs S07networking success: 23 test executed, 0 nonfatal tests failed. /var/tmp/insserv-1.11.10/tests/suite: line 22: 3658 Segmentation fault return $ret $ ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at mm/shmem.c:814! invalid opcode: 0000 [1] PREEMPT SMP CPU 1 Modules linked in: radeon drm michael_mic arc4 ecb crypto_blkcipher ieee80211_crypt_tkip video output ac battery ipv6 af_packet powernow_k8 cpufreq_stats cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand freq_table cpufreq_performance cpufreq_conservative vboxdrv xt_state xt_length xt_conntrack ipt_LOG xt_limit xt_tcpudp iptable_mangle iptable_nat nf_nat iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack fuse dvb_pll mt352 cx88_dvb cx88_vp3054_i2c videobuf_dvb dvb_core snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd_hwdep snd parport_pc snd_page_alloc cx8800 cx8802 cx88xx rtc_cmos parport rtc_core rtc_lib usbhid ir_common i2c_algo_bit pcspkr hid evdev ipw2200 k8temp ff_memless soundcore tveeprom compat_ioctl32 videodev v4l1_compat v4l2_common videobuf_dma_sg videobuf_core btcx_risc ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt i2c_piix4 i2c_core button ext3 jbd mbcache sg sr_mod cdrom pata_acpi sd_mod pata_atiixp r8169 ata_generic ehci_hcd ohci_hcd usbcore ahci ssb pcmcia pcmcia_core firmware_class libata scsi_mod dock thermal processor fan Pid: 3661, comm: rm Not tainted 2.6.26-0.slh.3-sidux-amd64 #1 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff802b7125>] [<ffffffff802b7125>] shmem_delete_inode+0xd5/0xe0 RSP: 0018:ffff81011802be48 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: ffffffff804ce860 RBX: ffff81011b0f1360 RCX: ffff81011b0f1380 RDX: ffff81011b0f3bb8 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff81011b0f1360 RBP: ffff81011b0f1360 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff810114c126e0 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff80336910 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000001bbf060 R14: 0000000000000004 R15: 0000000000000002 FS: 00007f6a469fd6e0(0000) GS:ffff810127c02780(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 000000000040a072 CR3: 000000011b16f000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process rm (pid: 3661, threadinfo ffff81011802a000, task ffff81012524dbe0) Stack: 0000000001bbf060 ffffffff802b7050 ffff81011b0f1360 ffffffff802dd674 ffff810114c12688 ffff810114c12680 ffff810114c12688 ffffffff802d99ac 0000000001bbf060 ffff810114c12680 0000000000000000 ffffffff802da0b7 Call Trace: [<ffffffff802b7050>] ? shmem_delete_inode+0x0/0xe0 [<ffffffff802dd674>] ? generic_delete_inode+0xa4/0x170 [<ffffffff802d99ac>] ? d_kill+0x3c/0x70 [<ffffffff802da0b7>] ? dput+0x77/0x140 [<ffffffff802d1e72>] ? do_rmdir+0x122/0x150 [<ffffffff8020c59a>] ? system_call_after_swapgs+0x8a/0x8f Code: 89 6b f8 48 89 6b f0 e8 8a 05 1f 00 e9 5f ff ff ff 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8d b8 ff 0f 00 00 48 c1 ef 0c 48 f7 df e8 bd f8 fd ff eb 95 <0f> 0b eb fe 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 83 ec 18 48 89 5c 24 08 48 RIP [<ffffffff802b7125>] shmem_delete_inode+0xd5/0xe0 RSP <ffff81011802be48> ---[ end trace 451818791e935002 ]--- Thanks, Kel. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html