This also just happened to me on laptop computer, no external hard drives involved. Excerpt from dmesg:
[549765.972051] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.35/fs/ext3/inode.c:1534 ext3_ordered_writepage+0x1ef/0x210() [549765.972055] Hardware name: X51L [549765.972057] Modules linked in: ppp_deflate zlib_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async crc_ccitt aes_i586 aes_generic binfmt_misc ipx p8023 parport_pc ppdev xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_tables x_tables snd_hda_codec_si3054 snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep arc4 snd_pcm ath5k i915 snd_seq_midi mac80211 snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer drm_kms_helper ath drm jo ydev snd_seq_device pcmcia i2c_algo_bit coretemp snd intel_agp agpgart video yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc pcmcia_core lp cfg80211 soundcore snd_page_alloc output psmouse asus_laptop serio_raw sparse_keymap parport 8139too ahci sdhci_pci libahci 8139cp sdhci led_class mii [549765.972130] Pid: 302, comm: flush-8:0 Not tainted 2.6.35-25-generic #44-Ubuntu [549765.972133] Call Trace: [549765.972140] [<c014ad42>] warn_slowpath_common+0x72/0xa0 [549765.972144] [<c027881f>] ? ext3_ordered_writepage+0x1ef/0x210 [549765.972148] [<c027881f>] ? ext3_ordered_writepage+0x1ef/0x210 [549765.972152] [<c014ad92>] warn_slowpath_null+0x22/0x30 [549765.972156] [<c027881f>] ext3_ordered_writepage+0x1ef/0x210 [549765.972162] [<c01e09e0>] __writepage+0x10/0x40 [549765.972166] [<c01e1956>] write_cache_pages+0x146/0x320 [549765.972170] [<c01e09d0>] ? __writepage+0x0/0x40 [549765.972175] [<c0144aa8>] ? dequeue_entity+0x1c8/0x210 [549765.972179] [<c0278630>] ? ext3_ordered_writepage+0x0/0x210 [549765.972183] [<c01e1b54>] generic_writepages+0x24/0x30 [549765.972187] [<c01e1b8d>] do_writepages+0x2d/0x40 [549765.972192] [<c0236b28>] writeback_single_inode+0xb8/0x340 [549765.972196] [<c02372e9>] writeback_sb_inodes+0x149/0x230 [549765.972200] [<c023774a>] writeback_inodes_wb+0x8a/0x160 [549765.972204] [<c0237a0b>] wb_writeback+0x1eb/0x230 [549765.972208] [<c015007b>] ? current_fs_time+0x1b/0x20 [549765.972212] [<c0237b79>] wb_do_writeback+0x129/0x130 [549765.972216] [<c0237bc2>] bdi_writeback_task+0x42/0x110 [549765.972221] [<c01eed00>] ? bdi_start_fn+0x0/0xc0 [549765.972225] [<c01eed5d>] bdi_start_fn+0x5d/0xc0 [549765.972228] [<c01eed00>] ? bdi_start_fn+0x0/0xc0 [549765.972233] [<c0165ad4>] kthread+0x74/0x80 [549765.972236] [<c0165a60>] ? kthread+0x0/0x80 [549765.972241] [<c010363e>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/636264 Title: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.35/fs/ext3/inode.c:1534 ext3_ordered_writepage+0x1ef/0x210() -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
