Got the following kernel BUG today. Have had previous "hangs" but this is the first one I caught since connecting a serial console to track this down. [100526.938347] kernel BUG at mm/page_alloc.c:2019! [100526.942980] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI [100526.947420] Modules linked in: hidp rpcsec_gss_krb5 nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs fscache rfcomm fuse xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 xt_conntrack tun devlink ebtable_filter ebtables ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack bridge stp llc bnep it87 hwmon_vid btrfs xor zstd_compress raid6_pq libcrc32c zstd_decompress xxhash intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel kvm gpio_ich iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support ppdev irqbypass crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel intel_cstate intel_uncore intel_rapl_perf btusb btrtl btbcm btintel bluetooth snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_intel ecdh_generic rfkill snd_hda_codec i2c_i801 snd_hda_core snd_hwdep [100527.018194] snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm lpc_ich snd_timer mei_me snd mei soundcore shpchp parport_pc parport nfsd nfs_acl lockd grace auth_rpcgss sunrpc binfmt_misc i915 crc32c_intel serio_raw i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper r8169 sata_via mii drm video [100527.040677] CPU: 1 PID: 11491 Comm: kworker/u4:2 Not tainted 4.17.6-200.fc28.x86_64 #1 [100527.048666] Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H81M-S2PV/H81M-S2PV, BIOS F8 06/19/2014 [100527.057528] Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-253:3) [100527.062924] RIP: 0010:move_freepages_block+0x167/0x2e0 [100527.068140] RSP: 0018:ffffa66d0f5b3488 EFLAGS: 00010083 [100527.073443] RAX: ffff9aa81f1d5680 RBX: 0000000000100000 RCX: ffff9aa81f1d5000 [100527.080654] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003 [100527.087864] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff9aa81f1d5888 [100527.095075] R10: ffffffff87e28824 R11: ffff9aa81f1d1000 R12: ffffe798c31c5800 [100527.102286] R13: ffff9aa81f1d5680 R14: ffffa66d0f5b34ec R15: ffffe798c31c0000 [100527.109497] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9aa81ef00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [100527.117661] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [100527.123485] CR2: 00001945e61d9008 CR3: 000000033420a004 CR4: 00000000000606e0 [100527.130696] Call Trace: [100527.133230] steal_suitable_fallback+0x119/0x1b0 [100527.137933] get_page_from_freelist+0xfb8/0x16a0 [100527.142631] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x11e/0x2b0 [100527.147243] new_slab+0x293/0x740 [100527.150648] ___slab_alloc+0x3b4/0x550 [100527.154479] ? mempool_alloc+0x70/0x1a0 [100527.158404] ? mempool_alloc+0x70/0x1a0 [100527.162320] __slab_alloc+0x1c/0x30 [100527.165892] kmem_cache_alloc+0x19d/0x1d0 [100527.169985] ? finish_wait+0x80/0x80 [100527.173648] mempool_alloc+0x70/0x1a0 [100527.177392] ? finish_wait+0x80/0x80 [100527.181050] ? mempool_alloc+0x70/0x1a0 [100527.184967] ? generic_make_request+0x192/0x3e0 [100527.189579] bvec_alloc+0x82/0xe0 [100527.192984] bio_alloc_bioset+0x12c/0x1d0 [100527.197076] ext4_bio_write_page+0x302/0x4cb [100527.201434] mpage_submit_page+0x53/0x70 [100527.205437] mpage_process_page_bufs+0xe6/0xf0 [100527.209962] mpage_prepare_extent_to_map+0x1da/0x2b0 [100527.215008] ext4_writepages+0x4b8/0xf00 [100527.219019] ? mempool_alloc+0x70/0x1a0 [100527.222936] ? update_load_avg+0x75/0x540 [100527.227027] ? native_sched_clock+0x37/0x90 [100527.231292] ? do_writepages+0x41/0xd0 [100527.235129] ? ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x1d0/0x1d0 [100527.239826] do_writepages+0x41/0xd0 [100527.243485] ? enqueue_entity+0xf6/0x680 [100527.247490] ? wakeup_preempt_entity.isra.63+0x41/0x50 [100527.252707] ? check_preempt_wakeup+0x113/0x230 [100527.257318] __writeback_single_inode+0x3d/0x350 [100527.262024] writeback_sb_inodes+0x1d0/0x460 [100527.266374] __writeback_inodes_wb+0x5d/0xb0 [100527.270724] wb_writeback+0x255/0x2f0 [100527.274470] ? get_nr_inodes+0x35/0x50 [100527.278309] ? cpumask_next+0x17/0x20 [100527.282061] wb_workfn+0x342/0x400 [100527.285552] ? dequeue_task_fair+0x3e/0x6d0 [100527.289817] process_one_work+0x187/0x340 [100527.293907] worker_thread+0x2e/0x380 [100527.297651] ? pwq_unbound_release_workfn+0xd0/0xd0 [100527.302609] kthread+0x112/0x130 [100527.305920] ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x70/0x70 [100527.311052] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 [100527.314715] Code: 80 58 38 88 48 89 c6 48 c1 e8 33 83 e0 07 48 c1 ee 36 48 8d 3c 40 48 8d 04 b8 48 c1 e0 07 48 03 04 f5 80 58 38 88 48 39 c1 74 17 <0f> 0b 45 31 e4 48 83 c4 28 44 89 e0 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 [100527.333651] RIP: move_freepages_block+0x167/0x2e0 RSP: ffffa66d0f5b3488 [100527.340343] ---[ end trace 10667fb2f15c4eae ]--- [100527.345043] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 11491 at kernel/exit.c:771 do_exit+0x4f/0xae0 [100527.352344] Modules linked in: hidp rpcsec_gss_krb5 nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs fscache rfcomm fuse xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 xt_conntrack tun devlink ebtable_filter ebtables ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack bridge stp llc bnep it87 hwmon_vid btrfs xor zstd_compress raid6_pq libcrc32c zstd_decompress xxhash intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel kvm gpio_ich iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support ppdev irqbypass crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel intel_cstate intel_uncore intel_rapl_perf btusb btrtl btbcm btintel bluetooth snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_intel ecdh_generic rfkill snd_hda_codec i2c_i801 snd_hda_core snd_hwdep [100527.423108] snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm lpc_ich snd_timer mei_me snd mei soundcore shpchp parport_pc parport nfsd nfs_acl lockd grace auth_rpcgss sunrpc binfmt_misc i915 crc32c_intel serio_raw i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper r8169 sata_via mii drm video [100527.445583] CPU: 1 PID: 11491 Comm: kworker/u4:2 Tainted: G D 4.17.6-200.fc28.x86_64 #1 [100527.454960] Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H81M-S2PV/H81M-S2PV, BIOS F8 06/19/2014 [100527.463817] Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-253:3) [100527.469209] RIP: 0010:do_exit+0x4f/0xae0 [100527.473211] RSP: 0018:ffffa66d0f5b3ed8 EFLAGS: 00010006 [100527.478516] RAX: ffffa66d0f5b3d90 RBX: ffff9aa7e7b83c00 RCX: 0000000000000000 [100527.485727] RDX: ffff9aa4c9b69040 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff88266320 [100527.492937] RBP: 000000000000000b R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000440 [100527.500148] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff889981ae R12: ffffa66d0f5b33d8 [100527.507358] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000004 R15: ffffa66d0f5b33d8 [100527.514570] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9aa81ef00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [100527.522734] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [100527.528558] CR2: 00001945e61d9008 CR3: 000000033420a004 CR4: 00000000000606e0 [100527.535766] Call Trace: [100527.538299] ? worker_thread+0x2e/0x380 [100527.542215] ? pwq_unbound_release_workfn+0xd0/0xd0 [100527.547174] ? kthread+0x112/0x130 [100527.550656] rewind_stack_do_exit+0x17/0x20 [100527.554922] Code: 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 40 31 c0 e8 a9 30 07 00 48 8b 83 18 08 00 00 48 85 c0 74 0e 48 8b 10 48 39 d0 0f 84 a8 04 00 00 <0f> 0b 65 44 8b 2d b7 4e f6 78 41 81 e5 00 ff 1f 00 44 89 6c 24 [100527.573858] ---[ end trace 10667fb2f15c4eaf ]---
Thanks for the report, this should be fixed in 4.17.7 which is in updates-testing at the moment. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1598462 ***