Kernel Panic at "kernel BUG at fs/namei.c:1902!"

Issue

• System crashed with following panic message:

[21026800.757451] kernel BUG at fs/namei.c:1902!
[21026800.757465] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP 
[21026800.757480] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/online
[..]
[21026800.758210] Pid: 18211, comm: rmdir Tainted: P           -- ------------    2.6.32-642.11.1.el6.x86_64 #1 VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform
[21026800.758250] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff811a8934>]  [<ffffffff811a8934>] may_delete+0x124/0x180
[..]
[21026800.759447] Call Trace:
[21026800.759464]  [<ffffffff811a8aa5>] vfs_rmdir+0x25/0xf0
[21026800.759491]  [<ffffffff81549e8e>] ? mutex_lock+0x1e/0x50
[21026800.760434]  [<ffffffffa04b0e65>] mvop_linux_rmdir+0xda/0x115 [mvfs]
[21026800.761096]  [<ffffffffa046b7e4>] mvfs_rmdir_ctx+0xaf/0x494 [mvfs]
[21026800.761747]  [<ffffffffa04775dc>] ? mvfs_enter_fs+0xfc/0x104 [mvfs]
[21026800.762400]  [<ffffffffa04a8152>] ? mvfs_get_thread_ptr+0x1e/0x20 [mvfs]
[21026800.763048]  [<ffffffffa04ad5f3>] vnode_iop_rmdir+0x4b/0x81 [mvfs]
[21026800.763679]  [<ffffffff811a8b3e>] vfs_rmdir+0xbe/0xf0
[21026800.764360]  [<ffffffff811a7c4a>] ? lookup_hash+0x3a/0x50
[21026800.765118]  [<ffffffff811abd54>] do_rmdir+0x184/0x1f0
[21026800.765722]  [<ffffffff8154f09e>] ? do_page_fault+0x3e/0xa0
[21026800.766322]  [<ffffffff811abe16>] sys_rmdir+0x16/0x20
[21026800.766916]  [<ffffffff8100b0d2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[21026800.767507] Code: 41 be ec ff ff ff e9 69 ff ff ff 3b 50 50 74 cc 41 3b 54 24 50 74 c5 bf 03 00 00 00 e8 26 1b ee ff 85 c0 74 8d 48 8b 43 10 eb b1 <0f> 0b eb fe 48 39 5b 28 75 29 41 be f0 ff ff ff e9 34 ff ff ff 
[21026800.768979] RIP  [<ffffffff811a8934>] may_delete+0x124/0x180
[21026800.769598]  RSP <ffff8802fbad7cf8>