WARNING: at fs/buffer.c:3196 __sync_dirty_buffer+0xde/0xf0()

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Messages like this appear repeatedly in the system log:

WARNING: at fs/buffer.c:3196 __sync_dirty_buffer+0xde/0xf0() (Tainted: G        W  ---------------   )
Hardware name: VMware Virtual Platform
Modules linked in: bridge stp llc sunrpc vsock(U) ipv6 ppdev parport_pc parport microcode vmware_balloon vmxnet3 sg vmci(U) i2c_piix4 i2c_core shpchp ext4 jbd2 mbcache sd_mod crc_t10dif sr_mod cdrom vmw_pvscsi pata_acpi ata_generic ata_piix dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: speedstep_lib]
Pid: 8356, comm: mysqld Tainted: G        W  ---------------    2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64 #1
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8106e3e7>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x87/0xc0
 [<ffffffff8106e43a>] ? warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
 [<ffffffff811b732e>] ? __sync_dirty_buffer+0xde/0xf0
 [<ffffffff811b7353>] ? sync_dirty_buffer+0x13/0x20
 [<ffffffffa009aa70>] ? ext4_write_inode+0xe0/0x100 [ext4]
 [<ffffffff811acb6c>] ? writeback_single_inode+0x20c/0x290
 [<ffffffff811acc23>] ? sync_inode+0x33/0x50
 [<ffffffff811acc74>] ? sync_inode_metadata+0x34/0x40
 [<ffffffff811a84c0>] ? simple_fsync+0x50/0x70
 [<ffffffffa00952ab>] ? ext4_sync_file+0x17b/0x1d0 [ext4]
 [<ffffffff811b1d81>] ? vfs_fsync_range+0xa1/0xe0
 [<ffffffff811b1e2d>] ? vfs_fsync+0x1d/0x20
 [<ffffffff811b1e6e>] ? do_fsync+0x3e/0x60
 [<ffffffff811b1ec0>] ? sys_fsync+0x10/0x20
 [<ffffffff8100b072>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
---[ end trace 89b7dd6153c7be76 ]---
 [<ffffffff81181c91>] sys_write+0x51/0x90
 [<ffffffff810dc685>] ? __audit_syscall_exit+0x265/0x290
 [<ffffffff8100b072>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Code: d0 88 81 e3 db fd 81 c9 c3 66 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 55 48 89 e5 0f 1f 44 00 00 c7 05 0d ce 75 00 01 00 00 00 0f ae f8 <c6> 04 25 00 00 00 00 01 c9 c3 55 48 89 e5 0f 1f 44 00 00 8d 47 
RIP  [<ffffffff8133dcc6>] sysrq_handle_crash+0x16/0x20
 RSP <ffff880037349e18>
CR2: 0000000000000000