It is hwinfo which triggers it. In src/hd/bios.c, after the (failed) attempt to open /proc/apm it tries to mmap /dev/mem: [ 45.400599] OLH do_sys_open(1039) swapper/0[0]->init[1] /dev/mem 5 [ 45.400614] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 45.400624] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at /work/olaf/factory/kerncvs/kernel-stable.git/arch/x86/xen/multicalls.c:129 xen_mc_flush+0x1e8/0x1f0() [ 45.400634] Modules linked in: [ 45.400640] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted 4.4.3-1-default+ #4 [ 45.400646] 0000000000000000 ffff88003e2cbbc0 ffffffff81388701 0000000000000000 [ 45.400656] ffffffff81a3bad8 ffff88003e2cbbf8 ffffffff8107d712 ffff88003f80a2e0 [ 45.400666] 0000000000000001 00007f75aad5e000 0000000000000000 00007f75aad5e000 [ 45.400675] Call Trace: [ 45.400687] [<ffffffff8101b0e5>] try_stack_unwind+0x175/0x190 [ 45.400697] [<ffffffff8101a039>] dump_trace+0x69/0x3a0 [ 45.400704] [<ffffffff8101b14b>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x4b/0x60 [ 45.400711] [<ffffffff8101a47c>] show_stack_log_lvl+0x10c/0x180 [ 45.400717] [<ffffffff8101b1e5>] show_stack+0x25/0x50 [ 45.400725] [<ffffffff81388701>] dump_stack+0x63/0x82 [ 45.400734] [<ffffffff8107d712>] warn_slowpath_common+0x82/0xc0 [ 45.400741] [<ffffffff8107d80a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 45.400748] [<ffffffff81006ea8>] xen_mc_flush+0x1e8/0x1f0 [ 45.400756] [<ffffffff81007805>] xen_leave_lazy_mmu+0x15/0x30 [ 45.400764] [<ffffffff811b7c2d>] remap_pfn_range+0x34d/0x430 [ 45.400772] [<ffffffff8149ef5f>] mmap_mem+0xcf/0x120 [ 45.400780] [<ffffffff811be187>] mmap_region+0x3f7/0x680 [ 45.400788] [<ffffffff811be743>] do_mmap+0x333/0x420 [ 45.400797] [<ffffffff811a4aa1>] vm_mmap_pgoff+0x91/0xc0 [ 45.400804] [<ffffffff811bcab9>] SyS_mmap_pgoff+0x1a9/0x2c0 [ 45.400813] [<ffffffff8101d19b>] SyS_mmap+0x1b/0x30 [ 45.400821] [<ffffffff816b8236>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x16/0x75 [ 45.402389] DWARF2 unwinder stuck at entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x16/0x75 [ 45.402395] [ 45.402399] Leftover inexact backtrace: [ 45.402399] [ 45.402408] ---[ end trace 12476ff1207380fb ]--- [ 45.601203] OLH SYSC_mmap_pgoff(1472) swapper/0[0]->init[1] mmap(addr 0 length 4096 prot 1 flags 2 fd 5 offset 0 == 140143354040320 Caught signal 7!