On 08/01/2010 08:46 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.34,
for which there are no fixes in the mainline known to the tracking team.
If any of them have been fixed already, please let us know.

If you know of any other unresolved regressions from 2.6.34, please let us
know either and we'll add them to the list.  Also, please let us know
if any of the entries below are invalid.

Each entry from the list will be sent additionally in an automatic reply
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the issue.

Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16312
Subject		: WARNING: at fs/fs-writeback.c:1127 __mark_inode_dirty
Submitter	: Zdenek Kabelac [off-list ref]
Date		: 2010-06-28 9:40 (35 days old)
Message-ID	: [off-list ref]
References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127771804806465&w=2
Handled-By	: Jan Kara [off-list ref]
Patch		: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=27272

I am beginning to think that Bug 16312 is not the same as Bug 16122. Even with
the patches from 16312, I still get warnings as below:

[   11.728776] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[   11.728787] WARNING: at fs/fs-writeback.c:964 __mark_inode_dirty+0x10f/0x1a0()
[   11.728790] Hardware name: HP Pavilion dv2700 Notebook PC
[   11.728792] Modules linked in: loop(+) dm_mod ide_cd_mod cdrom
snd_hda_codec_conexant ide_pci_generic arc4 ecb b43 rng_core mac80211
snd_hda_intel r8712u(C) cfg80211 snd_hda_codec amd74xx snd_pcm sg ide_core
rfkill led_class snd_timer ssb mmc_core pcmcia snd joydev k8temp hwmon
i2c_nforce2 pcmcia_core forcedeth serio_raw snd_page_alloc i2c_core battery ac
button ext4 mbcache jbd2 crc16 ohci_hcd sd_mod ehci_hcd usbcore fan processor
ahci libahci libata scsi_mod thermal
[   11.728854] Pid: 2449, comm: udisks-part-id Tainted: G         C
2.6.35-rc6-realtek+ #15
[   11.728857] Call Trace:
[   11.728865]  [<ffffffff8104608a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0xb0
[   11.728869]  [<ffffffff810460d5>] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x20
[   11.728874]  [<ffffffff81129d5f>] __mark_inode_dirty+0x10f/0x1a0
[   11.728879]  [<ffffffff8111e07d>] touch_atime+0x12d/0x170
[   11.728885]  [<ffffffff810cab91>] generic_file_aio_read+0x5c1/0x720
[   11.728890]  [<ffffffff81107ca2>] do_sync_read+0xd2/0x110
[   11.728896]  [<ffffffff81077e7d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10
[   11.728900]  [<ffffffff811083c3>] vfs_read+0xb3/0x170
[   11.728906]  [<ffffffff81002d1c>] ? sysret_check+0x27/0x62
[   11.728909]  [<ffffffff811084cc>] sys_read+0x4c/0x80
[   11.728914]  [<ffffffff81002ceb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[   11.728917] ---[ end trace 32e16cacad33229f ]---
[   11.728919] bdi-block not registered

The warnings do not occur with every boot and appear to be some kind of race
condition.

Larry