Hello Same kernel oops when removing a bootable USB flash drive. I tried to reproduce the problem by removing the key, but I couldn't Here is my dmesg : [182350.770035] usb 2-3: USB disconnect, address 11 [182350.777727] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [182350.777750] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.31/fs/buffer.c:1152 mark_buffer_dirty+0x70/0x90() [182350.777757] Hardware name: Latitude D630 [182350.777763] Modules linked in: ums_cypress usb_storage tun nls_utf8 cifs nfs lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc binfmt_misc ppdev ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack ipt_REJECT xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables bridge stp kvm_intel kvm autofs4 vfat fat sbp2 lp parport snd_hda_codec_idt snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec b43 snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss i915 mac80211 snd_pcm drm snd_timer dell_wmi pcmcia i2c_algo_bit snd dell_laptop joydev cfg80211 soundcore iTCO_wdt dcdbas yenta_socket led_class intel_agp agpgart iTCO_vendor_support snd_page_alloc rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core pcspkr psmouse serio_raw video output usbhid ohci1394 ieee1394 ssb tg3 fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor dm_raid45 xor [182350.777942] Pid: 26, comm: khubd Not tainted 2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu [182350.777948] Call Trace: [182350.777965] [] warn_slowpath_common+0x6d/0xa0 [182350.777975] [] ? mark_buffer_dirty+0x70/0x90 [182350.777983] [] ? mark_buffer_dirty+0x70/0x90 [182350.777992] [] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x20 [182350.778000] [] mark_buffer_dirty+0x70/0x90 [182350.778013] [] ext2_sync_fs+0x33/0x90 [182350.778021] [] __sync_filesystem+0x39/0x60 [182350.778030] [] sync_filesystem+0x31/0x50 [182350.778038] [] fsync_bdev+0x1f/0x50 [182350.778049] [] invalidate_partition+0x1f/0x40 [182350.778060] [] del_gendisk+0x2d/0x110 [182350.778071] [] sd_remove+0x40/0x80 [182350.778082] [] __device_release_driver+0x3e/0x90 [182350.778090] [] device_release_driver+0x20/0x40 [182350.778099] [] bus_remove_device+0x73/0x90 [182350.778108] [] device_del+0xef/0x150 [182350.778117] [] __scsi_remove_device+0x47/0x80 [182350.778126] [] scsi_forget_host+0x5f/0x70 [182350.778136] [] scsi_remove_host+0x58/0xe0 [182350.778163] [] quiesce_and_remove_host+0x5b/0xa0 [usb_storage] [182350.778182] [] usb_stor_disconnect+0xe/0x20 [usb_storage] [182350.778194] [] usb_unbind_interface+0x41/0x120 [182350.778203] [] __device_release_driver+0x3e/0x90 [182350.778212] [] device_release_driver+0x20/0x40 [182350.778221] [] bus_remove_device+0x73/0x90 [182350.778230] [] device_del+0xef/0x150 [182350.778238] [] usb_disable_device+0x7d/0xf0 [182350.778247] [] usb_disconnect+0x9e/0x110 [182350.778256] [] hub_port_connect_change+0x83/0x830 [182350.778265] [] ? usb_control_msg+0xd0/0x120 [182350.778274] [] ? clear_port_feature+0x4b/0x60 [182350.778282] [] hub_events+0x1f5/0x500 [182350.778292] [] ? schedule+0x40c/0x730 [182350.778303] [] ? finish_wait+0x4a/0x70 [182350.778311] [] ? hub_thread+0x0/0x150 [182350.778319] [] hub_thread+0x35/0x150 [182350.778328] [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 [182350.778336] [] kthread+0x7c/0x90 [182350.778344] [] ? kthread+0x0/0x90 [182350.778353] [] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 [182350.778359] ---[ end trace 833d4dff225ab79f ]---