Well, it finally triggered. Not *that* long before, I fiddled with a USB thumb drive, which I'll mention here, but I don't think it's connected. [2328294.996152] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci [2328295.080347] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=556c [2328295.080351] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [2328295.080352] usb 1-1.3: Product: Ultra [2328295.080353] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: SanDisk [2328295.080354] usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: 20054861120C8D407604 [2328295.829526] usb-storage 1-1.3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [2328295.829571] scsi6 : usb-storage 1-1.3:1.0 [2328295.829615] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [2328296.832215] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access SanDisk Ultra 1.20 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [2328296.832343] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 [2328296.833579] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 15633408 512-byte logical blocks: (8.00 GB/7.45 GiB) [2328296.834942] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off [2328296.834944] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00 [2328296.835947] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [2328296.848345] sdc: sdc1 [2328296.851338] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk [2328361.332585] FAT-fs (sdc1): utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive! [2335705.838834] usb 1-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 6 The next thing in the kernel log is the might_sleep() warning (followed by the oops): [2348070.539862] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at fs/ext4/mballoc.c:4791 [2348070.539865] in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 1, pid: 4635, name: iceweasel [2348070.539867] CPU: 4 PID: 4635 Comm: iceweasel Tainted: G W 3.11.5-00009-g06a2442 #100 [2348070.539868] Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z68A-D3H-B3/Z68A-D3H-B3, BIOS F13 03/20/2012 [2348070.539870] ffff88011379f4e0 ffff8801a30179a8 ffffffff81561017 0000000000000002 [2348070.539872] ffff8801a30179b8 ffffffff8106a06f ffff8801a3017a90 ffffffff81197a3e [2348070.539874] ffff880011306f68 ffff8801a3017fd8 00000001a30179f8 0000000000f15fd1 [2348070.539876] Call Trace: [2348070.539881] [<ffffffff81561017>] dump_stack+0x54/0x74 [2348070.539884] [<ffffffff8106a06f>] __might_sleep+0xcf/0xf0 [2348070.539887] [<ffffffff81197a3e>] ext4_free_blocks+0x53e/0xa90 [2348070.539889] [<ffffffff8118c286>] ext4_ext_remove_space+0x806/0xe20 [2348070.539891] [<ffffffff8118e568>] ext4_ext_truncate+0xb8/0xe0 [2348070.539894] [<ffffffff811749a5>] ext4_truncate+0x2b5/0x300 [2348070.539895] [<ffffffff81175458>] ext4_evict_inode+0x3f8/0x430 [2348070.539898] [<ffffffff8111acca>] evict+0xba/0x1c0 [2348070.539899] [<ffffffff8111b67b>] iput+0x10b/0x1b0 [2348070.539901] [<ffffffff81117468>] dput+0x278/0x350 [2348070.539904] [<ffffffff811032da>] __fput+0x16a/0x240 [2348070.539905] [<ffffffff811033e9>] ____fput+0x9/0x10 [2348070.539909] [<ffffffff8105e63c>] task_work_run+0x9c/0xd0 [2348070.539911] [<ffffffff81045547>] do_exit+0x2a7/0x9d0 [2348070.539914] [<ffffffff8104fc1e>] ? __sigqueue_free.part.13+0x2e/0x40 [2348070.539915] [<ffffffff81046aee>] do_group_exit+0x3e/0xb0 [2348070.539917] [<ffffffff81052a90>] get_signal_to_deliver+0x1b0/0x5f0 [2348070.539919] [<ffffffff81002133>] do_signal+0x43/0x940 [2348070.539921] [<ffffffff810519e8>] ? do_send_sig_info+0x58/0x80 [2348070.539923] [<ffffffff81002a8d>] do_notify_resume+0x5d/0x80 [2348070.539925] [<ffffffff81568f60>] int_signal+0x12/0x17 [2348070.539931] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [2348070.539950] kernel BUG at fs/buffer.c:1268! [2348070.539962] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP [2348070.539976] Modules linked in: nls_utf8 nls_cp437 vfat fat usb_storage fuse pl2303 ftdi_sio usbserial iTCO_wdt [2348070.540018] CPU: 4 PID: 4635 Comm: iceweasel Tainted: G W 3.11.5-00009-g06a2442 #100 [2348070.540040] Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z68A-D3H-B3/Z68A-D3H-B3, BIOS F13 03/20/2012 [2348070.540063] task: ffff88021688cf00 ti: ffff8801a3016000 task.ti: ffff8801a3016000 [2348070.540082] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8156053e>] [<ffffffff8156053e>] check_irqs_on.part.16+0x4/0x6 [2348070.540108] RSP: 0018:ffff8801a3017798 EFLAGS: 00010046 [2348070.540122] RAX: 0000000000000082 RBX: ffff8801a3017928 RCX: ffff8802162bd000 [2348070.540141] RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: 0000000000980080 RDI: ffff8802171b6b00 [2348070.540159] RBP: ffff8801a3017798 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000002 [2348070.540177] R10: ffff8802162bd000 R11: ffff8801a301751e R12: ffff8802171b6b00 [2348070.540195] R13: 0000000000001000 R14: ffff880213a70600 R15: ffff880215228c00 [2348070.540214] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88021fb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [2348070.540235] CS: 0010 DS: 002b ES: 002b CR0: 0000000080050033 [2348070.540250] CR2: 00000000f4832a3c CR3: 000000000180c000 CR4: 00000000000407e0 [2348070.540268] Stack: [2348070.540274] ffff8801a3017808 ffffffff8112e547 ffff8801a30177b0 0000000000000092 [2348070.540297] ffffffff81568f60 ffffffff81732ff4 ffffffff81568f60 ffffffff810987bd [2348070.540320] 00000000ffe743c4 ffff8801a30177f0 ffff8801a3017928 ffff8802171b6b00 [2348070.540342] Call Trace: [2348070.540352] [<ffffffff8112e547>] __find_get_block+0x1d7/0x1e0 [2348070.540369] [<ffffffff81568f60>] ? int_signal+0x12/0x17 [2348070.540384] [<ffffffff81568f60>] ? int_signal+0x12/0x17 [2348070.540400] [<ffffffff810987bd>] ? __module_text_address+0xd/0x60 [2348070.540417] [<ffffffff8112e570>] __getblk+0x20/0x2f0 [2348070.540432] [<ffffffff8116fe46>] __ext4_get_inode_loc+0x106/0x410 [2348070.540448] [<ffffffff81171df8>] ext4_get_inode_loc+0x18/0x20 [2348070.540465] [<ffffffff811735a1>] ext4_reserve_inode_write+0x21/0x90 [2348070.540482] [<ffffffff81173659>] ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x49/0x1a0 [2348070.540499] [<ffffffff811760eb>] ext4_dirty_inode+0x3b/0x60 [2348070.540515] [<ffffffff81127d3d>] __mark_inode_dirty+0x2d/0x230 [2348070.540532] [<ffffffff81197cbc>] ext4_free_blocks+0x7bc/0xa90 [2348070.540548] [<ffffffff8118c286>] ext4_ext_remove_space+0x806/0xe20 [2348070.540565] [<ffffffff8118e568>] ext4_ext_truncate+0xb8/0xe0 [2348070.540581] [<ffffffff811749a5>] ext4_truncate+0x2b5/0x300 [2348070.540597] [<ffffffff81175458>] ext4_evict_inode+0x3f8/0x430 [2348070.540613] [<ffffffff8111acca>] evict+0xba/0x1c0 [2348070.540627] [<ffffffff8111b67b>] iput+0x10b/0x1b0 [2348070.540641] [<ffffffff81117468>] dput+0x278/0x350 [2348070.540655] [<ffffffff811032da>] __fput+0x16a/0x240 [2348070.540669] [<ffffffff811033e9>] ____fput+0x9/0x10 [2348070.540683] [<ffffffff8105e63c>] task_work_run+0x9c/0xd0 [2348070.540698] [<ffffffff81045547>] do_exit+0x2a7/0x9d0 [2348070.540713] [<ffffffff8104fc1e>] ? __sigqueue_free.part.13+0x2e/0x40 [2348070.540730] [<ffffffff81046aee>] do_group_exit+0x3e/0xb0 [2348070.540745] [<ffffffff81052a90>] get_signal_to_deliver+0x1b0/0x5f0 [2348070.540762] [<ffffffff81002133>] do_signal+0x43/0x940 [2348070.540777] [<ffffffff810519e8>] ? do_send_sig_info+0x58/0x80 [2348070.540793] [<ffffffff81002a8d>] do_notify_resume+0x5d/0x80 [2348070.540809] [<ffffffff81568f60>] int_signal+0x12/0x17 [2348070.540823] Code: 4d 85 e4 74 1d 41 80 44 24 58 01 65 48 8b 04 25 b0 b7 00 00 ff 88 44 e0 ff ff 4c 89 e7 e8 bb 6c bb ff 5b 41 5c 5d c3 55 48 89 e5 <0f> 0b 55 48 89 e5 0f 0b 55 48 89 e5 0f 0b 55 48 89 e5 0f 0b 55 [2348070.540943] RIP [<ffffffff8156053e>] check_irqs_on.part.16+0x4/0x6 [2348070.540961] RSP <ffff8801a3017798> [2348070.547170] ---[ end trace 41094c9a65f45b94 ]--- [2348070.547171] Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed! Here's the debug patch from last month's e-mail, for reference. The one that tripped is the last hunk. diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c index 4bbbf13b..e6f0d6b 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c @@ -4734,6 +4734,7 @@ do_more: if (err) goto error_return; + might_sleep(); if ((flags & EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA) && ext4_handle_valid(handle)) { struct ext4_free_data *new_entry; /* @@ -4741,6 +4742,7 @@ do_more: * be used until this transaction is committed */ retry: + might_sleep(); new_entry = kmem_cache_alloc(ext4_free_data_cachep, GFP_NOFS); if (!new_entry) { /* @@ -4756,6 +4758,7 @@ do_more: new_entry->efd_count = count_clusters; new_entry->efd_tid = handle->h_transaction->t_tid; + might_sleep(); ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group); mb_clear_bits(bitmap_bh->b_data, bit, count_clusters); ext4_mb_free_metadata(handle, &e4b, new_entry); @@ -4773,7 +4776,7 @@ do_more: err); } - + might_sleep(); ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group); mb_clear_bits(bitmap_bh->b_data, bit, count_clusters); mb_free_blocks(inode, &e4b, bit, count_clusters); @@ -4785,6 +4788,7 @@ do_more: ext4_group_desc_csum_set(sb, block_group, gdp); ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group); percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter, count_clusters); + might_sleep(); if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) { ext4_group_t flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, block_group); -- 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