The kernel crashes in iput() with a message "kernel BUG at fs/inode.c:1535!"

Issue

• The kernel crashes in iput() with a message "kernel BUG at fs/inode.c:1535!"

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[86234.074215] kernel BUG at fs/inode.c:1535!
[86234.074231] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP 
[86234.074250] Modules linked in: macsec mvfs(OE) ip6table_filter ip6_tables vsock_diag unix_diag af_packet_diag netlink_diag udp_diag vxglm(POE) gab(POE) mmfs26(OE) mmfslinux(OE) tracedev(OE) llt(POE) rpcrdma ib_isert iscsi_target_mod ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ib_srpt target_core_mod ib_srp scsi_transport_srp scsi_tgt ib_ipoib rdma_ucm ib_uverbs ib_umad rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_core nfsv3 nfs_acl rpcsec_gss_krb5 nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache tcp_diag inet_diag amf(POE) vmw_vsock_vmci_transport iptable_nat vsock nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack libcrc32c xt_comment iptable_filter veki(POE) ppdev vmw_balloon sb_edac iosf_mbi crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd pcspkr joydev nfit sg libnvdimm i2c_piix4
[86234.074582]  vmw_vmci parport_pc parport binfmt_misc auth_rpcgss sunrpc ip_tables ext4 mbcache jbd2 sr_mod cdrom ata_generic pata_acpi sd_mod crc_t10dif crct10dif_generic vmwgfx drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops ttm drm ata_piix libata crct10dif_pclmul crct10dif_common crc32c_intel serio_raw vmxnet3 vmw_pvscsi drm_panel_orientation_quirks floppy dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: vxdmp]
[86234.074742] CPU: 9 PID: 11328 Comm: node_exporter Kdump: loaded Tainted: P           OE  ------------   3.10.0-1062.18.1.el7.x86_64 #1
[86234.074781] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 12/12/2018
[86234.074816] task: ffff925f08b08000 ti: ffff925e9f270000 task.ti: ffff925e9f270000
[86234.074840] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffb9268c82>]  [<ffffffffb9268c82>] iput+0x152/0x190
[86234.074870] RSP: 0018:ffff925e9f2739d0  EFLAGS: 00010202
[86234.074889] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff925e882583c0 RCX: dead000000000200
[86234.074913] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff925e882583c0
[86234.074936] RBP: ffff925e9f2739f0 R08: ffff9253eb860510 R09: 0000000000028388
[86234.074960] R10: ffff925f4f45f1a0 R11: ffffe01d5efc1000 R12: ffff925e882583c0
[86234.074983] R13: ffff9253eb8604d8 R14: ffff925e882583c0 R15: ffff925e9f273c60
[86234.075008] FS:  000000c000148790(0000) GS:ffff925f4f440000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[86234.076077] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[86234.077074] CR2: 00007f1600229000 CR3: 0000000beaba4000 CR4: 00000000003607e0
[86234.078178] Call Trace:
[86234.079148]  [<ffffffffb9263918>] __dentry_kill+0x128/0x190
[86234.080123]  [<ffffffffb9263a36>] dput+0xb6/0x1a0
[86234.081073]  [<ffffffffb925599f>] lookup_real+0x4f/0x60
[86234.082013]  [<ffffffffb9256392>] __lookup_hash+0x42/0x60
[86234.082891]  [<ffffffffb9778067>] lookup_slow+0x42/0xa7
[86234.083808]  [<ffffffffb925aedf>] link_path_walk+0x80f/0x8b0
[86234.084717]  [<ffffffffb925b0ea>] path_lookupat+0x7a/0x8b0
[86234.085622]  [<ffffffffb913d9cc>] ? audit_alloc_name+0x9c/0x160
[86234.086529]  [<ffffffffb925b94b>] filename_lookup+0x2b/0xc0
[86234.087412]  [<ffffffffb925d5aa>] vfs_path_lookup+0x6a/0xc0
[86234.088291]  [<ffffffffc0f00711>] ? mdki_linux_kmalloc+0x2f/0x31 [mvfs]
[86234.089163]  [<ffffffffc0efbe64>] mvop_linux_lookup_storage_file+0x9c/0x130 [mvfs]
[86234.090040]  [<ffffffffc0eaadcf>] mvfs_vstatfs_common+0x166/0x1ab [mvfs]
[86234.090933]  [<ffffffffc0ef1ae9>] mvfs_linux_vstatfs_wrapper+0x3d/0x7a [mvfs]
[86234.091792]  [<ffffffffc0efdec9>] vnlayer_linux_statfs+0x2c/0x59 [mvfs]
[86234.092645]  [<ffffffffb9280fa7>] statfs_by_dentry+0xa7/0x140
[86234.093487]  [<ffffffffb928105b>] vfs_statfs+0x1b/0xc0
[86234.094393]  [<ffffffffb9281335>] user_statfs+0x55/0xa0
[86234.095204]  [<ffffffffb92813a7>] SYSC_statfs+0x27/0x60
[86234.095958]  [<ffffffffb92815ae>] SyS_statfs+0xe/0x10
[86234.096787]  [<ffffffffb978dede>] system_call_fastpath+0x25/0x2a
[86234.097613] Code: eb 9e 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 81 8b a0 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 48 89 df e8 1d fe ff ff 4c 89 e7 c6 07 00 0f 1f 40 00 e9 ed fe ff ff <0f> 0b be d4 05 00 00 48 c7 c7 34 5d a9 b9 e8 4b 2f e3 ff e9 fb 
[86234.099437] RIP  [<ffffffffb9268c82>] iput+0x152/0x190
[86234.100226]  RSP <ffff925e9f2739d0>