On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 16:55:39 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have created today's linux-next tree at > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git > (patches at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/ ). I'm getting a vast stream of BUG()s from the BUG_ON(inode->i_state != (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR)); in iput_final(). After turning it into a WARN_ON(): [ 49.780786] inode->i_state=0x67 [ 49.780945] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 49.781113] WARNING: at fs/inode.c:1246 iput+0x232/0x23f() [ 49.781279] Modules linked in: dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_multipath dm_mod video output sbs sbshc battery ac lp parport sg ide_cd_mod cdrom option usb_wwan usbserial serio_raw floppy snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq button snd_seq_device snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer i2c_i801 i2c_core snd soundcore snd_page_alloc pcspkr shpchp ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd [ 49.783960] Pid: 2418, comm: mount Tainted: G W 2.6.35-rc4 #3 [ 49.784127] Call Trace: [ 49.784288] [<ffffffff810cec31>] ? iput+0x1fe/0x23f [ 49.784454] [<ffffffff810cec65>] ? iput+0x232/0x23f [ 49.784623] [<ffffffff81036283>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7e/0x97 [ 49.784790] [<ffffffff810362b1>] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x17 [ 49.784958] [<ffffffff810cec65>] iput+0x232/0x23f [ 49.785134] [<ffffffff810c59a5>] do_unlinkat+0x104/0x15a [ 49.785301] [<ffffffff81002a1c>] ? sysret_check+0x27/0x62 [ 49.785470] [<ffffffff8137518b>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f [ 49.785639] [<ffffffff810c5a0c>] sys_unlink+0x11/0x13 [ 49.785806] [<ffffffff810029eb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 49.785973] ---[ end trace 6458c1d95dac3fde ]--- So I_DIRTY_SYNC, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC and I_DIRTY_PAGES are set. Config: http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/config-akpm2.txt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html