I can see the __alloc_pages_slowpath error on a Thinkpad R61e running kernel 2.6.32-24-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP. I haven't tested any mainline build yet. The stack trace is as below. [ 26.207921] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/mm/page_alloc.c:1806 __alloc_pages_slowpath+0x433/0x4a0() [ 26.207924] Hardware name: 7650DNG [ 26.207925] Modules linked in: dm_crypt ipt_REJECT ipt_LOG xt_limit xt_tcpudp snd_hda_codec_conexant ipt_addrtype xt_state snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm ip6table_filter ip6_tables snd_seq_dummy arc4 nf_nat_irc snd_seq_oss pcmcia nf_conntrack_irc snd_seq_midi nf_nat_ftp nf_nat snd_rawmidi nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_conntrack_ftp snd_seq_midi_event nf_conntrack snd_seq iptable_filter snd_timer snd_seq_device iwlagn iwlcore ip_tables x_tables thinkpad_acpi led_class mac80211 yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic psmouse nvram snd serio_raw pcmcia_core cfg80211 soundcore snd_page_alloc lp parport dm_raid45 xor fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor vga16fb vgastate i915 drm_kms_helper drm tg3 ahci intel_agp agpgart i2c_algo_bit video output ramzswap xvmalloc lzo_decompress lzo_compress [ 26.207992] Pid: 1017, comm: mount Not tainted 2.6.32-24-generic #38-Ubuntu [ 26.207994] Call Trace: [ 26.208000] [] warn_slowpath_common+0x72/0xa0 [ 26.208003] [] ? __alloc_pages_slowpath+0x433/0x4a0 [ 26.208007] [] ? __alloc_pages_slowpath+0x433/0x4a0 [ 26.208010] [] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 26.208013] [] __alloc_pages_slowpath+0x433/0x4a0 [ 26.208016] [] ? get_page_from_freelist+0x27f/0x360 [ 26.208020] [] ? __d_instantiate+0x9c/0xd0 [ 26.208024] [] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x13a/0x170 [ 26.208027] [] __get_free_pages+0x1c/0x30 [ 26.208030] [] __kmalloc+0xf9/0x190 [ 26.208034] [] ? mntput_no_expire+0x1f/0xe0 [ 26.208038] [] match_number+0x2e/0xa0 [ 26.208041] [] match_int+0xa/0x10 [ 26.208047] [] parse_options+0x17c/0x800 [ 26.208048] [] ? _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x1f/0x80 [ 26.208053] [] ? mutex_lock+0x19/0x40 [ 26.208056] [] ext4_remount+0xca/0x450 [ 26.208059] [] ? prune_one_dentry+0x4f/0xc0 [ 26.208063] [] ? ext4_remount+0x0/0x450 [ 26.208066] [] do_remount_sb+0x73/0x160 [ 26.208069] [] do_remount+0x137/0x1b0 [ 26.208072] [] do_mount+0x174/0x200 [ 26.208075] [] sys_mount+0x6b/0xa0 [ 26.208078] [] syscall_call+0x7/0xb I have seen a different but probably related error on the previous kernel (2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu) : [ 1451.368823] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/fs/buffer.c:1159 mark_buffer_dirty+0x70/0x90() [ 1451.368829] Hardware name: 7650DNG [ 1451.368832] Modules linked in: nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat usb_storage aes_i586 aes_generic binfmt_misc vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv dm_crypt ipt_REJECT ipt_LOG xt_limit xt_tcpudp ipt_addrtype xt_state snd_hda_codec_conexant snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm arc4 ip6table_filter ip6_tables nf_nat_irc thinkpad_acpi nf_conntrack_irc snd_seq_dummy nf_nat_ftp nf_nat snd_seq_oss nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 snd_seq_midi nf_conntrack_ftp snd_rawmidi nf_conntrack pcmcia iptable_filter snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq ip_tables iwlagn x_tables snd_timer snd_seq_device iwlcore yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic mac80211 snd pcmcia_core led_class nvram psmouse serio_raw cfg80211 soundcore snd_page_alloc lp parport dm_raid45 xor fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor vga16fb vgastate i915 drm_kms_helper drm intel_agp i2c_algo_bit tg3 ahci video output agpgart ramzswap xvmalloc lzo_decompress lzo_compress [ 1451.368967] Pid: 2626, comm: Thunar Tainted: G W 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu [ 1451.368973] Call Trace: [ 1451.368985] [] warn_slowpath_common+0x72/0xa0 [ 1451.368992] [] ? mark_buffer_dirty+0x70/0x90 [ 1451.368999] [] ? mark_buffer_dirty+0x70/0x90 [ 1451.369007] [] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 1451.369014] [] mark_buffer_dirty+0x70/0x90 [ 1451.369022] [] T.1002+0x4a/0x70 [ 1451.369029] [] ext3_handle_error+0x6b/0xb0 [ 1451.369037] [] ? printk+0x1d/0x1f [ 1451.369044] [] ext3_error+0x56/0x60 [ 1451.369052] [] ext3_find_entry+0x22c/0x3c0 [ 1451.369061] [] ? kunmap_atomic+0x60/0x70 [ 1451.369069] [] ? __d_instantiate+0x9c/0xd0 [ 1451.369077] [] ext3_lookup+0x45/0x100 [ 1451.369085] [] ? _spin_lock+0xd/0x10 [ 1451.369092] [] ? d_alloc+0x13b/0x190 [ 1451.369100] [] real_lookup+0xb7/0x110 [ 1451.369108] [] do_lookup+0x95/0xc0 [ 1451.369115] [] ? in_group_p+0x2a/0x30 [ 1451.369123] [] __link_path_walk+0x603/0xca0 [ 1451.369131] [] ? do_anonymous_page+0xa8/0x270 [ 1451.369140] [] path_walk+0x54/0xc0 [ 1451.369187] [] do_path_lookup+0x59/0x90 [ 1451.369195] [] user_path_at+0x41/0x80 [ 1451.369203] [] ? anon_vma_unlink+0x6c/0x70 [ 1451.369211] [] vfs_fstatat+0x3a/0x70 [ 1451.369218] [] vfs_lstat+0x20/0x30 [ 1451.369225] [] sys_lstat64+0x19/0x30 Please let me know if any more information is needed. Thanks and regards, - Amit