In case anyone cares, the Oops is happening here: 1a56: 48 c1 e8 0c shr $0xc,%rax 1a5a: 48 ff c0 inc %rax > 1a5d: f0 48 29 45 60 lock sub %rax,0x60(%rbp) 1a62: 49 8b 46 40 mov 0x40(%r14),%rax Which maps to this in perf_mmap_close() in kernel/events/core.c: atomic_long_sub((size >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 1, &user->locked_vm); And "user" (%rbp) is RBP: 0000000000000000, hence the problem. I'm having trouble tracking the problem back any further as the code is a bit covoluted and is not commented at all. Vince -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe trinity" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html