2009/9/10 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 22:20 +0100, Daniel J Blueman wrote:
>
>> When hot-plugging my SATA DVD drive into my laptop, I see a lockdep
>> warning [1]. On closer inspection, both flush_workqueue() and
>> worker_thread() do tricks with lockdep maps. False positive?
>
> No, looks like a typical case of a workqueue trying to flush itself,
> something that can easily deadlock for real.
Hi,Peter
IMHO, it seems flushing other workqueues in one workqueue, so it
may be a false positive. Since the three workqueue instances share one
lock class, maybe lockdep_set_class*() or other similar annotations
is needed in acpi_os_initialize1() to avoid the warning.
Thanks.
>
>> =======================================================
>> [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
>> 2.6.31-rc9-290cd #1
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> kacpi_hotplug/198 is trying to acquire lock:
>> (kacpid){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81073a70>] flush_workqueue+0x0/0xf0
>> (workqueue.c:292)
>>
>> but task is already holding lock:
>> (&dpc->work){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81072a42>]
>> worker_thread+0x1f2/0x3c0 (bitops.h:101)
>> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>>
>> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
>>
>> -> #1 (&dpc->work){+.+.+.}:
>> [<ffffffff8108eb19>] __lock_acquire+0xe29/0x1240
>> [<ffffffff8108f04e>] lock_acquire+0x11e/0x170
>> [<ffffffff81072a92>] worker_thread+0x242/0x3c0 (workqueue.c:291)
>> [<ffffffff81077456>] kthread+0xa6/0xc0
>> [<ffffffff8100d29a>] child_rip+0xa/0x20
>> [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
>>
>> -> #0 (kacpid){+.+.+.}:
>> [<ffffffff8108ebe1>] __lock_acquire+0xef1/0x1240
>> [<ffffffff8108f04e>] lock_acquire+0x11e/0x170
>> [<ffffffff81073acc>] flush_workqueue+0x5c/0xf0 (workqueue.c:403)
>> [<ffffffff812f6eaf>] acpi_os_wait_events_complete+0x10/0x1e
>> [<ffffffff812f6ee7>] acpi_os_execute_hp_deferred+0x2a/0x3e
>> [<ffffffff81072a98>] worker_thread+0x248/0x3c0 (workqueue.c:292)
>> [<ffffffff81077456>] kthread+0xa6/0xc0
>> [<ffffffff8100d29a>] child_rip+0xa/0x20
>> [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
>>
>> other info that might help us debug this:
>>
>> 2 locks held by kacpi_hotplug/198:
>> #0: (kacpi_hotplug){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff81072a42>]
>> worker_thread+0x1f2/0x3c0
>> #1: (&dpc->work){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81072a42>] worker_thread+0x1f2/0x3c0
>>
>> stack backtrace:
>> Pid: 198, comm: kacpi_hotplug Tainted: G C 2.6.31-rc9-290cd #1
>>
>> Call Trace:
>> [<ffffffff8108c8a7>] print_circular_bug_tail+0xa7/0x100
>> [<ffffffff8108ebe1>] __lock_acquire+0xef1/0x1240
>> [<ffffffff8108a808>] ? add_lock_to_list+0x58/0xf0
>> [<ffffffff8108f04e>] lock_acquire+0x11e/0x170
>> [<ffffffff81073a70>] ? flush_workqueue+0x0/0xf0 (workqueue.c:397)
>> [<ffffffff812f6ebd>] ? acpi_os_execute_hp_deferred+0x0/0x3e
>> [<ffffffff81073acc>] flush_workqueue+0x5c/0xf0 (workqueue.c:403)
>> [<ffffffff81073a70>] ? flush_workqueue+0x0/0xf0 (workqueue.c:397)
>> [<ffffffff812f6eaf>] acpi_os_wait_events_complete+0x10/0x1e drivers/acpi/osl.c
>> [<ffffffff812f6ee7>] acpi_os_execute_hp_deferred+0x2a/0x3e
>> [<ffffffff81072a98>] worker_thread+0x248/0x3c0 (workqueue.c:292)
>> [<ffffffff81072a42>] ? worker_thread+0x1f2/0x3c0
>> [<ffffffff81077900>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
>> [<ffffffff81072850>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x3c0
>> [<ffffffff81077456>] kthread+0xa6/0xc0
>> [<ffffffff8100d29a>] child_rip+0xa/0x20
>> [<ffffffff8100cbd4>] ? restore_args+0x0/0x30
>> [<ffffffff810773b0>] ? kthread+0x0/0xc0
>> [<ffffffff8100d290>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
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