Re: 2.6.16-rc5-mm1

Andrew Morton
2006-03-01T02:44:56Z

Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
> >>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: BUG: warning at
> >>/usr/src/linux-mm/fs/inotify.c:533/inotify_d_instantiate()
> >>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [show_trace+13/15] show_trace+0xd/0xf
> >>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [dump_stack+21/23] dump_stack+0x15/0x17
> >>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [inotify_d_instantiate+47/98]
> >>inotify_d_instantiate+0x2f/0x62
> >>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [d_instantiate+70/114]
> >>d_instantiate+0x46/0x72
> >>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [ext3_add_nondir+44/64]
> >>ext3_add_nondir+0x2c/0x40
> >>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [ext3_link+163/217] ext3_link+0xa3/0xd9
> >>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [vfs_link+292/379] vfs_link+0x124/0x17b
> >>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [sys_linkat+157/218] sys_linkat+0x9d/0xda
> >>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [sys_link+20/25] sys_link+0x14/0x19
> >>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [syscall_call+7/11] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> >>
> >>Here is dmesg http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/files/mm/2.6.16-rc5-mm1/mm-dmesg
> >>Here is config http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/files/mm/2.6.16-rc5-mm1/mm-config
> >
> >
> > This patch is causing that warning
> > inotify-lock-avoidance-with-parent-watch-status-in-dentry.patch
> >
>
> The warning is harmless really. I guess it can be removed.

? How did DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED get set on that dentry?