FYI, we noticed the below changes on https://github.com/lunn/linux.git v4.4-rc8-batman-netns commit dd0fd6c66a2432322ebd996d6356db382028c7a0 ("batman-adv: debugfs: Add netns support") +------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ | | 22994309f6 | dd0fd6c66a | +------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ | boot_successes | 120 | 126 | | boot_failures | 5 | 18 | | WARNING:at_kernel/trace/ftrace.c:#ftrace_bug() | 5 | 6 | | backtrace:perf_ftrace_event_register | 5 | 6 | | backtrace:perf_trace_init | 5 | 6 | | backtrace:perf_tp_event_init | 5 | 6 | | backtrace:perf_try_init_event | 5 | 6 | | backtrace:SYSC_perf_event_open | 5 | 6 | | backtrace:SyS_perf_event_open | 5 | 6 | | is_trying_to_release_lock(batadv_debugfs_ns_mutex)at | 0 | 12 | | backtrace:batadv_hardif_remove_interface_finish | 0 | 12 | +------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ [ 45.722187] [ BUG: bad unlock balance detected! ] [ 45.723356] 4.4.0-rc8-00061-gdd0fd6c #195 Not tainted [ 45.724587] ------------------------------------- [ 45.725766] kworker/u2:2/150 is trying to release lock (batadv_debugfs_ns_mutex) at: [ 45.728048] [] mutex_unlock+0xe/0x10 [ 45.729328] but there are no more locks to release! [ 45.730573] [ 45.730573] other info that might help us debug this: [ 45.732570] 2 locks held by kworker/u2:2/150: [ 45.733732] #0: ("%s""bat_events"){.+.+..}, at: [] process_one_work+0x156/0x484 [ 45.749452] #1: ((&hard_iface->cleanup_work)){+.+...}, at: [] process_one_work+0x156/0x484 [ 45.752254] [ 45.752254] stack backtrace: [ 45.753922] CPU: 0 PID: 150 Comm: kworker/u2:2 Not tainted 4.4.0-rc8-00061-gdd0fd6c #195 [ 45.756223] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Debian-1.8.2-1 04/01/2014 [ 45.758601] Workqueue: bat_events batadv_hardif_remove_interface_finish [ 45.760549] 0000000000000000 ffff880023d9bc68 ffffffff8173d814 ffff880023d946c0 [ 45.762882] ffff880023d9bc90 ffffffff81113453 00000000ffffffff ffff880023d946c0 [ 45.765243] ffffffff843d6990 ffff880023d9bd08 ffffffff81116433 ffff880023d946c0 [ 45.767631] Call Trace: [ 45.768594] [] dump_stack+0x4b/0x63 [ 45.769979] [] print_unlock_imbalance_bug+0xc7/0xd0 [ 45.771576] [] lock_release+0x23f/0x41a [ 45.788280] [] ? kfree+0x101/0x15c [ 45.789710] [] ? mutex_unlock+0xe/0x10 [ 45.791123] [] __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0xd3/0x12c [ 45.792662] [] mutex_unlock+0xe/0x10 [ 45.794030] [] batadv_debugfs_ns_put+0x3d/0x4d [ 45.795530] [] batadv_debugfs_del_hardif+0x4c/0x51 [ 45.797080] [] batadv_hardif_remove_interface_finish+0x19/0x2d [ 45.799315] [] process_one_work+0x24b/0x484 [ 45.815632] [] worker_thread+0x1f5/0x2a7 [ 45.817078] [] ? rescuer_thread+0x289/0x289 [ 45.818516] [] ? rescuer_thread+0x289/0x289 [ 45.830189] [] kthread+0xc5/0xcd [ 45.831491] [] ? kthread_parkme+0x24/0x24 [ 45.832896] [] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 [ 45.834250] [] ? kthread_parkme+0x24/0x24 [ 99.320313] Unregister pv shared memory for cpu 0 [ 99.804560] reboot: Restarting system [ 99.805673] reboot: machine restart Thanks, Ying Huang