Nicolas wrote: >kernel BUG at mm/slab.c:1631! > That's BUG_ON(GET_PAGE_CACHE(page) != cachep); Someone called kmem_cache_free(cachep, obj), but cachep is for a different object type. >Call Trace: >[sys_open+120/133] sys_open+0x78/0x85 > Within sys_open - probably putname(). I have no idea how the bug could be triggered. If you can easily reproduce it: can you try the attached patch? It prints additional data. And please add more details: Which gcc compiler, which filesystems, etc. -- Manfred