My tests hit this bug: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ip6table_filter ip6_tables ipv6 ppdev parport_pc parport microcode r8169 CPU: 1 PID: 3379 Comm: trace-cmd Tainted: P 3.18.0-rc1-test+ #26 Hardware name: MSI MS-7823/CSM-H87M-G43 (MS-7823), BIOS V1.6 02/22/2014 task: ef4a2bc0 ti: efad4000 task.ti: efad4000 EIP: 0060:[<c06979a9>] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 1 EIP is at div_u64_rem+0x11/0x24 EAX: 00000000 EBX: 00000000 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000000 ESI: 00ef57e4 EDI: 00000000 EBP: efad5ca0 ESP: efad5c98 DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068 CR0: 80050033 CR2: b77495dc CR3: 2fee1000 CR4: 001407f0 Stack: 00000000 0000061a efad5ccc c0697c48 efad5cbc c04ec9d5 0000304e 00ef57e4^M 00000000 00000000 00000000 0000061a 00000000 efad5d08 c04ecbc5 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000575 f0d84210 0000387b 387b0000 00000000 00000aeb Call Trace: [<c0697c48>] div64_u64+0x2f/0xd7 [<c04ec9d5>] ? pos_ratio_polynom+0x42/0xb2 [<c04ecbc5>] bdi_position_ratio+0x180/0x1d4 [<c04eddb2>] balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited+0x2a3/0x549 [<c04c274e>] ? __buffer_unlock_commit+0x10/0x12 [<c04c2a5a>] ? trace_function+0x6b/0x73 [<c04e5993>] ? generic_perform_write+0x110/0x17f^M [<c05001c5>] ? iov_iter_advance+0x9/0xf0 [<c04e59bf>] generic_perform_write+0x13c/0x17f [<c04e746b>] __generic_file_write_iter+0x1a6/0x1db^M [<c058aeee>] ? ext4_file_write_iter+0x146/0x489 [<c058b176>] ext4_file_write_iter+0x3ce/0x489 [<c04bcbed>] ? ring_buffer_unlock_commit+0x25/0x73 [<c04c274e>] ? __buffer_unlock_commit+0x10/0x12 [<c04c8459>] ? function_trace_call+0xc9/0xf6^M [<c0c7753a>] ? ftrace_call+0x5/0xb [<c054242f>] iter_file_splice_write+0x21f/0x30e [<c0542210>] ? splice_direct_to_actor+0x178/0x178 [<c0543921>] SyS_splice+0x3b0/0x4cd [<c0c76982>] syscall_call+0x7/0x7 Code: 55 89 e5 5d 01 d0 c3 b9 0a 00 00 00 31 d2 f7 f1 55 89 e5 5d c1 e0 04 01 d0 c3 55 89 e5 56 89 c6 53 31 db 39 ca 72 08 89 d0 31 d2 <f7> f1 89 c3 89 f0 f7 f1 8b 4d 08 89 11 89 da 5b 5e 5d c3 55 89 EIP: [<c06979a9>] div_u64_rem+0x11/0x24 SS:ESP 0068:efad5c98 ---[ end trace 04e65e2c8b607f3d ]---
Where the ip of the code points here: /* * Use span=(8*write_bw) in single bdi case as indicated by * (thresh - bdi_thresh ~= 0) and transit to bdi_thresh in JBOD case. * * bdi_thresh thresh - bdi_thresh * span = ---------- * (8 * write_bw) + ------------------- * bdi_thresh * thresh thresh */ span = (thresh - bdi_thresh + 8 * write_bw) * (u64)x >> 16; x_intercept = bdi_setpoint + span; if (bdi_dirty < x_intercept - span / 4) { pos_ratio = div64_u64(pos_ratio * (x_intercept - bdi_dirty), <---- bug x_intercept - bdi_setpoint + 1); } else pos_ratio /= 4; Now my kernel contains d5c9fde3dae75 "mm/page-writeback.c: fix divide by zero in pos_ratio_polynom", which is suppose to fix a divide by zero by changing div_u64 to div64_u64(), which changes the divisor parameter from 32bit to 64bit. But the x_intercept and bdi_setpoint are still just unsigned longs, which on 32bit systems are 32 bits. Just using div64_u64() isn't enough, the value passed in must also be 64 bit otherwise the "x_intercept - bdi_setpoint + 1" will still be truncated before it gets passed into div64_u64(). I don't see how d5c9fde3dae75 could have fixed anything. I'd write a patch to fix this, but my wife has me doing other chores. -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/