Description of problem: After switch cached device into Fail state - kernel cache target is triggering this BUG: device-mapper: cache: 253:4: metadata operation 'dm_cache_commit' failed: error = -5 device-mapper: cache: 253:4: aborting current metadata transaction device-mapper: cache: 253:4: failed to abort metadata transaction device-mapper: cache: 253:4: switching cache to fail mode BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 00007ffffffff000 IP: [<00007ffffffff000>] 0x7ffffffff000 PGD 1367ab067 PUD 0 Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: isofs virtio_net virtio_ring virtio raid1 raid10 dm_raid raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor xor async_tx raid6_pq dm_cache_cleaner dm_cache_smq dm_cache_mq dm_cache dm_delay dm_thin_pool dm_persistent_data dm_bio_prison libcrc32c ccm xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_conntrack nf_conntrack tun bridge stp llc ebtable_filter ebtables ip6table_filter ip6_tables snd_hda_codec_analog snd_hda_codec_generic coretemp iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support kvm_intel arc4 ppdev kvm iwl3945 iwlegacy irqbypass mac80211 joydev acpi_cpufreq snd_hda_intel cfg80211 snd_hda_codec i2c_i801 snd_hda_core snd_hwdep snd_seq r592 lpc_ich memstick snd_seq_device snd_pcm thinkpad_acpi wmi e1000e rfkill snd_timer fjes parport_pc snd parport soundcore shpchp ptp pps_core tpm_tis tpm binfmt_misc nfsd auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd grace sunrpc loop i915 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper drm sdhci_pci sdhci serio_raw mmc_core yenta_socket ata_generic pata_acpi video CPU: 1 PID: 14050 Comm: lvm Not tainted 4.5.0-0.rc6.git1.2.fc25.x86_64 #1 Hardware name: LENOVO 6464CTO/6464CTO, BIOS 7LETC9WW (2.29 ) 03/18/2011 task: ffff88001faed7c0 ti: ffff8800a9924000 task.ti: ffff8800a9924000 RIP: 0010:[<00007ffffffff000>] [<00007ffffffff000>] 0x7ffffffff000 RSP: 0018:ffff8800a9927b38 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 00007ffffffff000 RBX: ffff88004f6ca588 RCX: 0000000000000006 RDX: 0000000080000000 RSI: ffff8800a9927bc8 RDI: ffff8800b0b08000 RBP: ffff8800a9927b58 R08: 00000000000d151c R09: 0000000000002e30 R10: ffffea00022d5980 R11: ffffffff81f3f0c8 R12: ffff88004f6ca400 R13: ffff8800a9927bc8 R14: ffff88004fc90138 R15: ffff88004fc90160 FS: 00007f6f5c191880(0000) GS:ffff88013bb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007ffffffff000 CR3: 0000000118acf000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Stack: ffffffffa07c81e1 ffff88004f6c9c00 0000000000003ea0 ffff88004fc90160 ffff8800a9927c28 ffffffffa07c18da ffff8800a9927c50 ffffffff811d0780 ffff8800a9927c48 0000000000000000 ffff88013bde86c0 0000000000000000 Call Trace: [<ffffffffa07c81e1>] ? dm_cache_get_free_metadata_block_count+0x31/0x50 [dm_cache] [<ffffffffa07c18da>] cache_status+0x1fa/0x6c0 [dm_cache] [<ffffffff811d0780>] ? shmem_alloc_page+0x70/0xc0 [<ffffffff8121156c>] ? alloc_pages_current+0x8c/0x110 [<ffffffff816502f1>] retrieve_status+0xa1/0x1c0 [<ffffffff816514a0>] ? dm_get_live_or_inactive_table.isra.3+0x30/0x30 [<ffffffff81651503>] table_status+0x63/0xa0 [<ffffffff81651176>] ctl_ioctl+0x226/0x4e0 [<ffffffff81651443>] dm_ctl_ioctl+0x13/0x20 [<ffffffff81259593>] do_vfs_ioctl+0xa3/0x5d0 [<ffffffff8114d50d>] ? __audit_syscall_entry+0xad/0xf0 [<ffffffff8100315b>] ? do_audit_syscall_entry+0x4b/0x70 [<ffffffff81259b39>] SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90 [<ffffffff817d38ae>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x6d Code: Bad RIP value. RIP [<00007ffffffff000>] 0x7ffffffff000 RSP <ffff8800a9927b38> CR2: 00007ffffffff000 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 4.5.0-0.rc7.git0.2.fc25.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. error superblock in metadata device for cache 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
This should be fixed by the following upstream commit (in 4.6-rc1): http://git.kernel.org/linus/d14fcf3dd79 It was marked for stable@ so 4.5-stable and earlier should get automagically...