FYI, we noticed the below changes on git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master commit 834ffca6f7e345a79f6f2e2d131b0dfba8a4b67a ("xfs: don't zero partial page cache pages during O_DIRECT writes") +--------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ | | 85e584da32 | 834ffca6f7 | +--------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ | boot_successes | 85 | 10 | | boot_failures | 2 | 120 | | BUG:kernel_test_crashed | 2 | | | WARNING:at_fs/xfs/xfs_file.c:#xfs_file_dio_aio_write() | 0 | 120 | | backtrace:vfs_write | 0 | 120 | | backtrace:SyS_write | 0 | 120 | +--------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ [ 354.728419] XFS (vda): Unmounting Filesystem [ 355.133977] XFS (vda): Mounting V4 Filesystem [ 355.174239] XFS (vda): Ending clean mount [ 362.820417] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 23390 at fs/xfs/xfs_file.c:700 xfs_file_dio_aio_write+0x27c/0x2e0() [ 362.822109] Modules linked in: ipmi_watchdog ipmi_msghandler sg sr_mod cdrom ata_generic pata_acpi cirrus syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt ppdev ttm ata_piix snd_pcm snd_timer drm_kms_helper libata snd microcode drm soundcore pcspkr floppy serio_raw i2c_piix4 parport_pc parport acpi_cpufreq [ 362.828207] CPU: 3 PID: 23390 Comm: dd Not tainted 4.0.0-rc3-next-20150311 #1 [ 362.829908] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.7.5-20140531_083030-gandalf 04/01/2014 [ 362.831853] ffffffff81bb5940 ffff88007d5c3d08 ffffffff818b19e6 ffff880077f901f8 [ 362.833873] 0000000000000000 ffff88007d5c3d48 ffffffff8107294a ffffea00010cc240 [ 362.835646] ffff8800570f7400 ffff8800570f75d0 0000000000000000 ffff8800570f7720 [ 362.837330] Call Trace: [ 362.838593] [] dump_stack+0x4c/0x65 [ 362.840023] [] warn_slowpath_common+0x8a/0xc0 [ 362.841652] [] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 362.843125] [] xfs_file_dio_aio_write+0x27c/0x2e0 [ 362.844694] [] xfs_file_write_iter+0x110/0x130 [ 362.846229] [] new_sync_write+0x81/0xb0 [ 362.847670] [] vfs_write+0xb7/0x1f0 [ 362.849152] [] ? vfs_read+0x11e/0x140 [ 362.850573] [] SyS_write+0x46/0xb0 [ 362.852055] [] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x17 [ 362.853576] ---[ end trace 002c13cd5d358e1d ]--- Thanks, Ying Huang