Public bug reported: Here is the file http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/fs/buffer.c#L1354 Very strange here
52 */ 1353 struct buffer_head * 1354 __find_get_block(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size) 1355 { 1356 struct buffer_head *bh = lookup_bh_lru(bdev, block, size); 1357 1358 if (bh == NULL) { 1359 /* __find_get_block_slow will mark the page accessed */ 1360 bh = __find_get_block_slow(bdev, block); 1361 if (bh) 1362 bh_lru_install(bh); 1363 } else 1364 touch_buffer(bh); 1365 1366 return bh; 1367 } 1368 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__find_get_block); struct buffer_head *bh = lookup_bh_lru(bdev, block, size); *bh is equalized without performing running look_bh_lru and after check for NULL pointer verry strange: Bellow is content of perf report: ............................. │ mov %edx,%edx │ ↓ jmp 31 │ 29:┌─→add $0x1,%ecx │ │ cmp $0x10,%ecx │ │↓ je 8e │ 31:│ mov %ecx,%r8d │ │ mov %gs:0x11080(,%r8,8),%rax │ │ test %rax,%rax │ │ mov %rax,%rbx │ │↑ je 29 │ │ cmp 0x18(%rax),%rsi 100,00 │ └──jne 29 │ cmp 0x30(%rax),%rdi │ ↑ jne 29 │ cmp %rdx,0x20(%rax) │ ↑ jne 29 │ test %ecx,%ecx ............................................ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.4.0-22-generic 4.4.0-22.40 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: asu 3213 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: asu 3213 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Sat Jun 11 20:46:19 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-29 (43 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. enp1s0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: Olidata S.p.A. ALABAMA ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-22-generic root=/dev/mapper/192--168--0--108--vg-root ro RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-22-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-22-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.157 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/08/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: S0101 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.vendor: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrS0101:bd07/08/2008:svnOlidataS.p.A.:pnALABAMA:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: ALABAMA dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: Olidata S.p.A. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1591537 Title: On function __find_get_block issue. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1591537/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs