[ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.23-rc2-mm1 #7 ------------------------------------------------------- kacpid/53 is trying to acquire lock: (&ec->lock){--..}, at: [<c03031a7>] mutex_lock+0x1c/0x1f but task is already holding lock: (&dpc->work){--..}, at: [<c012689d>] run_workqueue+0xa0/0x182 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #2 (&dpc->work){--..}: [<c0133d24>] __lock_acquire+0x9a6/0xb6f [<c0133f4e>] lock_acquire+0x61/0x7d [<c01268b2>] run_workqueue+0xb5/0x182 [<c01271a9>] worker_thread+0xb7/0xc2 [<c01296c4>] kthread+0x39/0x61 [<c0104913>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff -> #1 (kacpid){--..}: [<c0133d24>] __lock_acquire+0x9a6/0xb6f [<c0133f4e>] lock_acquire+0x61/0x7d [<c0126f62>] flush_workqueue+0x2d/0x4f [<c01e85e0>] acpi_os_wait_events_complete+0xd/0xf [<c01ef605>] acpi_remove_gpe_handler+0x7b/0xdd [<c0205981>] ec_remove_handlers+0x26/0x29 [<c02062b4>] acpi_ec_add+0x8f/0x13e [<c0205477>] acpi_device_probe+0x3e/0xdb [<c023c4c8>] driver_probe_device+0xd7/0x14d [<c023c652>] __driver_attach+0x6a/0xa1 [<c023baaa>] bus_for_each_dev+0x36/0x5b [<c023c32e>] driver_attach+0x14/0x16 [<c023bd7e>] bus_add_driver+0x70/0x16c [<c023c82d>] driver_register+0x60/0x65 [<c020577b>] acpi_bus_register_driver+0x3a/0x3c [<c04292e4>] acpi_ec_init+0x36/0x55 [<c0416650>] kernel_init+0xc5/0x20f [<c0104913>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff -> #0 (&ec->lock){--..}: [<c0133c44>] __lock_acquire+0x8c6/0xb6f [<c0133f4e>] lock_acquire+0x61/0x7d [<c0303006>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xbc/0x241 [<c03031a7>] mutex_lock+0x1c/0x1f [<c0205bbd>] acpi_ec_transaction+0x65/0x1c1 [<c0205d44>] acpi_ec_gpe_query+0x2b/0xab [<c01e8602>] acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x20/0x31 [<c01268b7>] run_workqueue+0xba/0x182 [<c01271a9>] worker_thread+0xb7/0xc2 [<c01296c4>] kthread+0x39/0x61 [<c0104913>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff other info that might help us debug this: 2 locks held by kacpid/53: #0: (kacpid){--..}, at: [<c0126882>] run_workqueue+0x85/0x182 #1: (&dpc->work){--..}, at: [<c012689d>] run_workqueue+0xa0/0x182 stack backtrace: [<c0104c6a>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x12/0x25 [<c0105552>] show_trace+0xd/0x10 [<c0105656>] dump_stack+0x15/0x17 [<c0132580>] print_circular_bug_tail+0x5a/0x65 [<c0133c44>] __lock_acquire+0x8c6/0xb6f [<c0133f4e>] lock_acquire+0x61/0x7d [<c0303006>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xbc/0x241 [<c03031a7>] mutex_lock+0x1c/0x1f [<c0205bbd>] acpi_ec_transaction+0x65/0x1c1 [<c0205d44>] acpi_ec_gpe_query+0x2b/0xab [<c01e8602>] acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x20/0x31 [<c01268b7>] run_workqueue+0xba/0x182 [<c01271a9>] worker_thread+0xb7/0xc2 [<c01296c4>] kthread+0x39/0x61 [<c0104913>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 ======================= - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html