For my mythtv backend, I followed the below instructions at [1]http://zackreed.me/articles/90-ubuntu-14-04-with-4-0-4-kernel-and-latest- aufs-from-source  to setup AUFS on Ubuntu 14.04 with a 4.0.4 kernel, with the notify option and NFS exports, however had been noticing periodic  hangs and crashes which seems related to the below messages scrolling in my syslog.  <snip> Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090397] aufs aufs_migratepage:803:mythcommflag[26309]: This operation is not supported. Please report this application to aufs-users ML. Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090403] CPU: 0 PID: 26309 Comm: mythcommflag Tainted: G      OE  4.0.4-aufs #1 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090405] Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/M5A78L-M/USB3, BIOS 1801   11/12/2013 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090407]  ffffea00000d8fc0 ffff8800034ff940 ffffffff817b4749 0000000000000001 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090410]  ffffea00022d2740 ffff8800034ff950 ffffffffc0837834 ffff8800034ff9d0 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090413]  ffffffff811d91a6 ffff8800034ff9d0 00000000811a14ac ffffea00022e0bc0 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090415] Call Trace: Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090422]  [<ffffffff817b4749>] dump_stack+0x45/0x57 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090436]  [<ffffffffc0837834>] aufs_migratepage+0x44/0x50 [aufs] Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090439]  [<ffffffff811d91a6>] move_to_new_page+0x76/0x220 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090442]  [<ffffffff811d9b61>] migrate_pages+0x6f1/0x770 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090445]  [<ffffffff8119f1e0>] ? memcg_slab_show+0x80/0x80 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090448]  [<ffffffff811a1290>] ? isolate_freepages_block+0x3c0/0x3c0 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090450]  [<ffffffff811a1d81>] compact_zone+0x2c1/0x790 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090453]  [<ffffffff811a22bd>] compact_zone_order+0x6d/0x90 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090456]  [<ffffffff811a254b>] try_to_compact_pages+0xfb/0x240 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090459]  [<ffffffff817b171b>] __alloc_pages_direct_compact+0x3d/0xe6 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090463]  [<ffffffff811837f1>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x531/0x990 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090466]  [<ffffffff811ca58f>] ? alloc_pages_vma+0xaf/0x1f0 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090468]  [<ffffffff81183cba>] alloc_kmem_pages_node+0x6a/0x130 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090472]  [<ffffffff81073223>] ? copy_process.part.26+0xf3/0x1b90 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090474]  [<ffffffff81073243>] copy_process.part.26+0x113/0x1b90 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090477]  [<ffffffff81074e75>] do_fork+0xd5/0x340 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090480]  [<ffffffff81075166>] SyS_clone+0x16/0x20 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090483]  [<ffffffff817bc54d>] stub_clone+0x6d/0x90 Sep 28 08:31:14 ubuntu1 kernel: [169791.090484]  [<ffffffff817bc24d>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b <snip> Full log at [2]http://pastebin.com/TpF1UZea ; I issued a hard reset to recover around 09:24, so you can see my startup logs after that point. I have AUFS managing only a single (4TB) disk but plan to stick with it and add more disks if I can get it stable. Appreciate any advice, thanks.
References 1. http://zackreed.me/articles/90-ubuntu-14-04-with-4-0-4-kernel-and-latest-aufs-from-source 2. http://pastebin.com/TpF1UZea
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