linux-kernel - Re: kernel BUG at kernel/workqueue.c:291

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Date:	Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:23:01 +0100
From:	Carsten Aulbert <carsten.aulbert@....mpg.de>
To:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel BUG at kernel/workqueue.c:291

Hi Trond,

Trond Myklebust schrieb:
> struct rpc_task does admittedly share storage for the work queue and the
> rpc wait queue links, but if that were to be causing the reported
> corruption, then it would mean that an rpc_task is simultaneously on a
> wait queue and trying to execute on a work queue. I have no history of
> that ever having happened.

Anything I might be able to give to you helping you to narrow it down
somewhat? As written I suspect a certain type of user jobs, but since
literally 1000s of these ran over the course of several days it might be
hard to trigger this reliably again.

Cheers

Carsten
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