======================================================= [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.24-rc3 #6 ------------------------------------------------------- bash/2294 is trying to acquire lock: (&journal->j_list_lock){--..}, at: [<c01eee2f>] journal_try_to_free_buffers+0x76/0x10c but task is already holding lock: (inode_lock){--..}, at: [<c01864b6>] drop_pagecache+0x48/0xd8 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (inode_lock){--..}: [<c0143929>] __lock_acquire+0xa31/0xc1a [<c0143b8c>] lock_acquire+0x7a/0x94 [<c0447ae5>] _spin_lock+0x2e/0x58 [<c0185fae>] __mark_inode_dirty+0xd8/0x15e [<c018996f>] __set_page_dirty+0xfb/0x10a [<c01899fe>] mark_buffer_dirty+0x80/0x86 [<c01ed1b6>] __journal_temp_unlink_buffer+0xc1/0xc5 [<c01ed2f3>] __journal_unfile_buffer+0xb/0x15 [<c01ed338>] __journal_refile_buffer+0x3b/0x85 [<c01efe1b>] journal_commit_transaction+0xe7f/0x10ec [<c01f34b0>] kjournald+0x131/0x35f [<c0138ee9>] kthread+0x3b/0x62 [<c0105c7f>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff -> #0 (&journal->j_list_lock){--..}: [<c0143819>] __lock_acquire+0x921/0xc1a [<c0143b8c>] lock_acquire+0x7a/0x94 [<c0447ae5>] _spin_lock+0x2e/0x58 [<c01eee2f>] journal_try_to_free_buffers+0x76/0x10c [<c01cb7a2>] ext3_releasepage+0x68/0x74 [<c0151ff1>] try_to_release_page+0x33/0x44 [<c01578b0>] __invalidate_mapping_pages+0x74/0xe0 [<c01864de>] drop_pagecache+0x70/0xd8 [<c018657c>] drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0x36/0x4e [<c019efaa>] proc_sys_write+0x6b/0x85 [<c016da2b>] vfs_write+0x90/0x119 [<c016dfe2>] sys_write+0x3d/0x61 [<c0104f6e>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5f/0xa5 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff other info that might help us debug this: 2 locks held by bash/2294: #0: (&type->s_umount_key#16){----}, at: [<c01864a6>] drop_pagecache+0x38/0xd8 #1: (inode_lock){--..}, at: [<c01864b6>] drop_pagecache+0x48/0xd8 stack backtrace: [<c0105ffb>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x2f [<c0106875>] show_trace+0x12/0x14 [<c0106967>] dump_stack+0x16/0x18 [<c0141b33>] print_circular_bug_tail+0x5f/0x68 [<c0143819>] __lock_acquire+0x921/0xc1a [<c0143b8c>] lock_acquire+0x7a/0x94 [<c0447ae5>] _spin_lock+0x2e/0x58 [<c01eee2f>] journal_try_to_free_buffers+0x76/0x10c [<c01cb7a2>] ext3_releasepage+0x68/0x74 [<c0151ff1>] try_to_release_page+0x33/0x44 [<c01578b0>] __invalidate_mapping_pages+0x74/0xe0 [<c01864de>] drop_pagecache+0x70/0xd8 [<c018657c>] drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0x36/0x4e [<c019efaa>] proc_sys_write+0x6b/0x85 [<c016da2b>] vfs_write+0x90/0x119 [<c016dfe2>] sys_write+0x3d/0x61 [<c0104f6e>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5f/0xa5 ======================= - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html