Hi, This is with the new ext3 -> ext4 migrate code added. The recently added lockdep for jbd2 helped to find this out. We want to hold the i_data_sem on the ext3 inode during migration to prevent walking the ext3 inode when it is being converted to ext4 format. Also we want to avoid file truncation and new blocks being added while converting to ext4. Also we dont want to reserve large number of credits for journal. Any idea how to fix this ? -aneesh ======================================================= [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.24-rc8 #6 ------------------------------------------------------- rm/2401 is trying to acquire lock: (&ei->i_data_sem){----}, at: [<c01dca58>] ext4_get_blocks_wrap+0x21/0x108 but task is already holding lock: (jbd2_handle){--..}, at: [<c01fc4a7>] jbd2_journal_start+0xd2/0xff which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (jbd2_handle){--..}: [<c0143a5c>] __lock_acquire+0xa31/0xc1a [<c0143cbf>] lock_acquire+0x7a/0x94 [<c01fc4ca>] jbd2_journal_start+0xf5/0xff [<c01e3539>] ext4_journal_start_sb+0x48/0x4a [<c01eb980>] ext4_ext_migrate+0x7d/0x535 [<c01df328>] ext4_ioctl+0x528/0x56c [<c0177700>] do_ioctl+0x50/0x67 [<c017794e>] vfs_ioctl+0x237/0x24a [<c0177992>] sys_ioctl+0x31/0x4b [<c0104f8a>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5f/0xa5 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff -> #0 (&ei->i_data_sem){----}: [<c014394c>] __lock_acquire+0x921/0xc1a [<c0143cbf>] lock_acquire+0x7a/0x94 [<c044f247>] down_read+0x42/0x79 [<c01dca58>] ext4_get_blocks_wrap+0x21/0x108 [<c01dcba1>] ext4_getblk+0x62/0x1c4 [<c01e0de9>] ext4_find_entry+0x350/0x5b7 [<c01e200c>] ext4_unlink+0x6e/0x1a4 [<c017449e>] vfs_unlink+0x49/0x89 [<c0175f02>] do_unlinkat+0x96/0x12c [<c0175fa8>] sys_unlink+0x10/0x12 [<c0104f8a>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5f/0xa5 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff other info that might help us debug this: 3 locks held by rm/2401: #0: (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#5/1){--..}, at: [<c0175eca>] do_unlinkat+0x5e/0x12c #1: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8){--..}, at: [<c017448b>] vfs_unlink+0x36/0x89 #2: (jbd2_handle){--..}, at: [<c01fc4a7>] jbd2_journal_start+0xd2/0xff stack backtrace: Pid: 2401, comm: rm Not tainted 2.6.24-rc8 #6 [<c0106017>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x2f [<c0106893>] show_trace+0x12/0x14 [<c0106b89>] dump_stack+0x6c/0x72 [<c0141b26>] print_circular_bug_tail+0x5f/0x68 [<c014394c>] __lock_acquire+0x921/0xc1a [<c0143cbf>] lock_acquire+0x7a/0x94 [<c044f247>] down_read+0x42/0x79 [<c01dca58>] ext4_get_blocks_wrap+0x21/0x108 [<c01dcba1>] ext4_getblk+0x62/0x1c4 [<c01e0de9>] ext4_find_entry+0x350/0x5b7 [<c01e200c>] ext4_unlink+0x6e/0x1a4 [<c017449e>] vfs_unlink+0x49/0x89 [<c0175f02>] do_unlinkat+0x96/0x12c [<c0175fa8>] sys_unlink+0x10/0x12 [<c0104f8a>] 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