OCFS2: dump messages after update to SLES10SP2 kernel 2.6.16.60-0.34

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 2

Situation

After updating to maintenance kernel update 2.6.16.60-0.34 the following error messages in /var/log/messages are experienced:

Feb 16 13:27:04 linux kernel: Call Trace: <ffffffff80163532>{remove_from_page_cache+49}
Feb 16 13:27:04 linux kernel:        <ffffffff8016956f>{truncate_complete_page+53} <ffffffff80169619>{truncate_inode_pages_range+159}
Feb 16 13:27:04 linux kernel:        <ffffffff88573364>{:ocfs2:ocfs2_data_convert_worker+202}
Feb 16 13:27:04 linux kernel:        <ffffffff88571602>{:ocfs2:ocfs2_downconvert_thread+1190}
Feb 16 13:27:04 linux kernel:        <ffffffff801480c2>{autoremove_wake_function+0} <ffffffff8857115c>{:ocfs2:ocfs2_downconvert_thread+0}
Feb 16 13:27:04 linux kernel:        <ffffffff80147cb9>{keventd_create_kthread+0} <ffffffff80147f81>{kthread+236}
Feb 16 13:27:04 linux kernel:        <ffffffff8010be4a>{child_rip+8} <ffffffff80147cb9>{keventd_create_kthread+0}
Feb 16 13:27:04 linux kernel:        <ffffffff80147e95>{kthread+0} <ffffffff8010be42>{child_rip+0}
Feb 16 13:27:04 linux kernel: Badness in __remove_from_page_cache_nocheck at mm/filemap.c:122

when writing data to a OCFS2 formatted file system.

Resolution

Please update to maintenance kernel 2.6.16.60-0.37.

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