WARNING: at fs/dcache.c:2549 prepend_path+0x164/0x170() [Root dentry has weird name <>]

[Pawel Sikora]

Hi,

during the 3.0.6 kernel stressing on dual-opteron machine i've noticed warnings in dmesg.
bugzilla.kernel.org is down currently, so i'm CCing last fs/dcache.c commiters.
i hope that this shortlog will help you.

BR,
PaweÅ.

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Oct 14 15:52:36 odra kernel: [   18.710510] igb: eth1 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
Oct 14 15:52:36 odra kernel: [   18.713039] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
Oct 14 15:52:39 odra kernel: [   21.885578] FS-Cache: Loaded
Oct 14 15:52:39 odra kernel: [   21.898297] Registering the id_resolver key type
Oct 14 15:52:39 odra kernel: [   21.898325] FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching
Oct 14 15:52:59 odra kernel: [   26.110041] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Oct 14 15:53:02 odra kernel: [   29.363344] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
Oct 15 11:06:50 odra kernel: [69257.064455] process `sysctl' is using deprecated sysctl (syscall) net.ipv6.neigh.default.retrans_time; Use net.ipv6.neigh.default.retrans_time_ms instead.
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045721] ------------[ cut here ]------------
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045731] WARNING: at fs/dcache.c:2549 prepend_path+0x164/0x170()
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045734] Hardware name: H8DGU
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045736] Root dentry has weird name <>
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045737] Modules linked in: nfs fscache binfmt_misc nfsd lockd exportfs nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc ipmi_si ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler sch_sfq iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_filter xt_TCPMSS xt_tcpudp iptable_mangle ip_tables ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables ext4 jbd2 crc16 raid0 dm_mod autofs4 dummy usbhid hid ide_cd_mod cdrom ata_generic pata_acpi ohci_hcd pata_atiixp ide_pci_generic ssb pcmcia sp5100_tco pcmcia_core ehci_hcd amd64_edac_mod pcspkr edac_core evdev mmc_core atiixp igb i2c_piix4 i2c_core ide_core edac_mce_amd processor ghes usbcore psmouse serio_raw button k10temp hed hwmon dca sg sd_mod crc_t10dif raid1 md_mod ext3 jbd mbcache ahci libahci libata scsi_mod [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045799] Pid: 8349, comm: pidof Not tainted 3.0.6-dirty #2
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045802] Call Trace:
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045812]  [<ffffffff8104718a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0xb0
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045817]  [<ffffffff81047261>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x50
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045822]  [<ffffffff81415c74>] ? __slab_free+0xfc/0x105
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045825]  [<ffffffff8114bac4>] prepend_path+0x164/0x170
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045829]  [<ffffffff8114bb27>] path_with_deleted+0x57/0xa0
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045831]  [<ffffffff8114bc21>] d_path+0xb1/0xe0
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045837]  [<ffffffff811906db>] proc_pid_readlink+0x8b/0xf0
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045841]  [<ffffffff8113baa6>] sys_readlinkat+0xa6/0xb0
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045844]  [<ffffffff8113bac6>] sys_readlink+0x16/0x20
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045849]  [<ffffffff81421f7b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Oct 18 19:40:36 odra kernel: [359283.045851] ---[ end trace b5522e2b9acb171d ]---
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