Hi, BUG: atomic_dec_and_test(): -1: atomic counter underflow at: Pid: 2827, comm: mount.nfs Not tainted 2.6.38 #1 Call Trace: [<ffffffffa02223a0>] ? put_rpccred+0x44/0x14e [sunrpc] [<ffffffffa021bbe9>] ? rpc_ping+0x4e/0x58 [sunrpc] [<ffffffffa021c4a5>] ? rpc_create+0x481/0x4fc [sunrpc] [<ffffffffa022298a>] ? rpcauth_lookup_credcache+0xab/0x22d [sunrpc] [<ffffffffa028be8c>] ? nfs_create_rpc_client+0xa6/0xeb [nfs] [<ffffffffa028c660>] ? nfs4_set_client+0xc2/0x1f9 [nfs] [<ffffffffa028cd3c>] ? nfs4_create_server+0xf2/0x2a6 [nfs] [<ffffffffa0295d07>] ? nfs4_remote_mount+0x4e/0x14a [nfs] [<ffffffff810dd570>] ? vfs_kern_mount+0x6e/0x133 [<ffffffffa029605a>] ? nfs_do_root_mount+0x76/0x95 [nfs] [<ffffffffa029643d>] ? nfs4_try_mount+0x56/0xaf [nfs] [<ffffffffa0297434>] ? nfs_get_sb+0x435/0x73c [nfs] [<ffffffff810dd59b>] ? vfs_kern_mount+0x99/0x133 [<ffffffff810dd693>] ? do_kern_mount+0x48/0xd8 [<ffffffff810f5b75>] ? do_mount+0x6da/0x741 [<ffffffff810f5c5f>] ? sys_mount+0x83/0xc0 [<ffffffff8100293b>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b This is not oops, and debug code is not in vanilla. This debug code is simple - detects atomic_dec_and_test() underflow. Well, so, I think this is real bug of nfs codes somewhere. With some review, the code rpc_call_sync() rpc_run_task rpc_execute() __rpc_execute() rpc_release_task() rpc_release_resources_task() put_rpccred() <= release cred rpc_put_task rpc_do_put_task() rpc_release_resources_task() put_rpccred() <= release cred again seems to be release cred unintendedly. static void rpc_release_resources_task(struct rpc_task *task) { if (task->tk_rqstp) xprt_release(task); if (task->tk_msg.rpc_cred) { put_rpccred(task->tk_msg.rpc_cred); task->tk_msg.rpc_cred = NULL; } rpc_task_release_client(task); } The above change may fix the problem though, I don't know the codes what want to do actually. And I guess this is not right fix, because the path is looks strange - on early stage, __rpc_execute() calls rpc_release_task() explicitly. Thanks. -- OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html