Description of problem: This looks to be the same problem fixed in RHEL5 in BZ588599. sb orphan head is 13 sb_info orphan list: inode loop0:13 at 00000100111466c8: mode 100644, nlink 1, next 15 inode loop0:15 at 0000010011146d58: mode 100644, nlink 1, next 0 Assertion failure in ext3_put_super() at fs/ext3/super.c:426: "list_empty(&sbi->s_orphan)" ----------- [cut here ] --------- [please bite here ] --------- Kernel BUG at super:426 invalid operand: 0000 [1] SMP CPU 1 Modules linked in: loop md5 ipv6 parport_pc lp parport autofs4 i2c_dev i2c_core sunrpc ds yenta_socket pcmcia_core cpufreq_powersave ide_dump scsi_dump diskdump zlib_deflate button battery ac uhci_hcd virtio_pci virtio_ring virtio snd_ens1370 snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd_ak4531_codec snd soundcore 8139cp mii floppy dm_snapshot dm_zero dm_mirror ext3 jbd dm_mod sym53c8xx scsi_transport_spi sd_mod scsi_mod Pid: 15129, comm: umount Not tainted 2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa0079622>] <ffffffffa0079622>{:ext3:ext3_put_super+439} RSP: 0018:000001001b971e58 EFLAGS: 00010216 RAX: 000000000000005e RBX: 000001001cff1160 RCX: ffffffff803f6fe8 RDX: ffffffff803f6fe8 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: ffffffff803f6fe0 RBP: 000001001cff0000 R08: ffffffff803f6fe8 R09: 000001001cff1160 R10: 0000000100000000 R11: ffffffff8011f688 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 000001001f888400 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000611b50 FS: 0000002a95574b00(0000) GS:ffffffff80504f80(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 0000007fbffff826 CR3: 000000001fc48000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Process umount (pid: 15129, threadinfo 000001001b970000, task 000001001e7f8030) Stack: ffffffffa007946b 0000000000000000 000001001f888400 ffffffffa008f3c0 000001001f888400 ffffffff80181ac1 000001001e7c06c0 000001001f888400 ffffffffa008f280 ffffffff801828e3 Call Trace:<ffffffffa007946b>{:ext3:ext3_put_super+0} <ffffffff80181ac1>{generic_shutdown_super+198} <ffffffff801828e3>{kill_block_super+13} <ffffffff801819e2>{deactivate_super+95} <ffffffff8019838e>{sys_umount+925} <ffffffff80185013>{sys_newstat+17} <ffffffff80110e09>{error_exit+0} <ffffffff801102de>{system_call+126} Code: 0f 0b db 21 08 a0 ff ff ff ff aa 01 49 8b bd 10 01 00 00 31 RIP <ffffffffa0079622>{:ext3:ext3_put_super+439} RSP <000001001b971e58> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp How reproducible: Using the test case from BZ588599 it took about 24 hours to hit the problem.
Created attachment 442544 [details] Patch to fix problem, ported from BZ588599. This is the same patch that fixed BZ588599 with one subtle difference in the comments in ext3_direct_IO().
Josef, do you mind shepherding this one since you had bug #588599 ? Thanks, -Eric
*** Bug 628795 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Lachlan, Do you want to post the patch or do you want me to? Either way is good for me.
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Committed in 89.38.EL . RPMS are available at http://people.redhat.com/vgoyal/rhel4/
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0263.html