git bisect points at commit c9634dcf00c9c93b ("mm: vma_merge: fix vm_page_prot SMP race condition against rmap_walk") Last lines to console are [transcribed]: vma ffff8c3d989a7c78 start 00007fe02ed4c000 end 00007fe02ed52000 next ffff8c3d96de0c38 prev ffff8c3d989a6e40 mm ffff8c3d071cbac0 prot 8000000000000025 anon_vma ffff8c3d96fc9b28 vm_ops (null) pgoff 7fe02ed4c file (null) private_data (null) flags: 0x8100073(read|write|mayread|maywrite|mayexec|account|softdirty) Reproducer is an Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS x86_64 running on a VM (VirtualBox). Symptom is a solid hang after boot and switch to starting gnome session. Hang at about 35s. kdbg traceback is all null entries. Let me know what additional information I can provide. Regards, Shaun Tancheff -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>