Just saw this again: [ 5667.086055] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/fork.c:401 [ 5667.087314] in_atomic():1, irqs_disabled():0 [ 5667.088210] [ 5667.088212] Call Trace: [ 5667.089104] [<a000000100015e00>] show_stack+0x80/0xa0 [ 5667.089106] sp=e0000038f6507a00 bsp=e0000038f6500f48 [ 5667.116025] [<a000000100015e50>] dump_stack+0x30/0x60 [ 5667.116028] sp=e0000038f6507bd0 bsp=e0000038f6500f30 [ 5667.118317] [<a0000001000af8a0>] __might_sleep+0x1e0/0x200 [ 5667.118320] sp=e0000038f6507bd0 bsp=e0000038f6500f08 [ 5667.142316] [<a0000001000c55a0>] mmput+0x20/0x220 [ 5667.142319] sp=e0000038f6507bd0 bsp=e0000038f6500ee0 [ 5667.164201] [<a000000100033ae0>] sys_ptrace+0x460/0x15c0 [ 5667.164203] sp=e0000038f6507bd0 bsp=e0000038f6500dd0 [ 5667.175488] [<a00000010000b4a0>] ia64_ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x20 [ 5667.175490] sp=e0000038f6507e30 bsp=e0000038f6500dd0 [ 5667.199324] [<a000000000010620>] __kernel_syscall_via_break+0x0/0x20 [ 5667.199327] sp=e0000038f6508000 bsp=e0000038f6500dd0 [ 5682.626704] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/fork.c:401
When stracing a process on 2.6.24-rc3 on ia64. commandline to reproduce: # strace ls -l /mnt/scratch/test ISTR reporting this some time ago (maybe 2.6.22?).... Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner Principal Engineer SGI Australian Software Group -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/