> Indeed, good catch. Do we need the same treatment for > __set_page_dirty_buffers() that can be called by way of > clear_page_dirty_for_io()? Indeed. I posted a patch fixed __set_page_dirty() too. plz see Subject: [PATCH] __set_page_dirty uses spin_lock_irqsave instead of spin_lock_irq -- 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>