FYI, we noticed the following commit: commit: 3e38a07a6692b3f1459822767872c79922d08593 ("MM: allow per-cpu vmstat_worker configuration") url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Marcelo-Tosatti/MM-remove-unused-quiet_vmstat-function/20170504-163254 in testcase: ltp with following parameters: test: fs test-description: The LTP testsuite contains a collection of tools for testing the Linux kernel and related features. test-url: http://linux-test-project.github.io/ on test machine: 8 threads Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz with 4G memory caused below changes (please refer to attached dmesg/kmsg for entire log/backtrace): [ 1195.162826] cmdline="proc01 -m 128" [ 1195.162827] [ 1195.163364] contacts="" [ 1195.163365] [ 1195.163923] analysis=exit [ 1195.163924] [ 1195.164566] <<>> [ 1195.164567] [ 1195.178330] ICMPv6: process `proc01' is using deprecated sysctl (syscall) net.ipv6.neigh.default.base_reachable_time - use net.ipv6.neigh.default.base_reachable_time_ms instead [ 1195.180105] nr_pdflush_threads exported in /proc is scheduled for removal [ 1195.789360] proc01 0 TINFO : /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register: is write-only. [ 1195.789363] [ 1195.795586] proc01 0 TINFO : /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/stable_secret: known issue: errno=EIO(5): Input/output error [ 1195.795589] [ 1195.800163] proc01 0 TINFO : /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/default/stable_secret: known issue: errno=EIO(5): Input/output error [ 1195.800166] [ 1195.806069] proc01 0 TINFO : /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/stable_secret: known issue: errno=EIO(5): Input/output error [ 1195.806073] [ 1195.812436] proc01 0 TINFO : /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth1/stable_secret: known issue: errno=EIO(5): Input/output error [ 1195.812440] [ 1195.816969] proc01 0 TINFO : /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/stable_secret: known issue: errno=EIO(5): Input/output error [ 1195.816972] [ 1195.822113] proc01 1 TFAIL : proc01.c:396: read failed: /proc/sys/vm/stat_refresh: errno=EINVAL(22): Invalid argument [ 1195.822116] [ 1195.826668] proc01 0 TINFO : /proc/kmsg: known issue: errno=EAGAIN/EWOULDBLOCK(11): Resource temporarily unavailable [ 1195.826672] [ 1195.829274] proc01 0 TINFO : /proc/sysrq-trigger: is write-only. [ 1195.829276] [ 1195.832891] proc01 0 TINFO : /proc/self/task/14436/mem: known issue: errno=EIO(5): Input/output error [ 1195.832894] [ 1195.835953] proc01 0 TINFO : /proc/self/task/14436/clear_refs: is write-only. [ 1195.835956] [ 1195.839587] proc01 0 TINFO : /proc/self/task/14436/pagemap: reached maxmbytes (-m) [ 1195.839591] [ 1195.843025] proc01 0 TINFO : /proc/self/mem: known issue: errno=EIO(5): Input/output error [ 1195.843028] [ 1195.845599] proc01 0 TINFO : /proc/self/clear_refs: is write-only. [ 1195.845602] [ 1195.848837] proc01 0 TINFO : /proc/self/pagemap: reached maxmbytes (-m) [ 1195.848841] [ 1195.851717] proc01 2 TFAIL : proc01.c:465: readproc() failed with 1 errors. [ 1195.851720] To reproduce: git clone https://github.com/01org/lkp-tests.git cd lkp-tests bin/lkp install job.yaml # job file is attached in this email bin/lkp run job.yaml Thanks, Xiaolong