On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 11:45 +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue 17-06-08 22:32:49, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > > > > ======================================================= > > [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] > > 2.6.26-rc6-autokern1 #1 > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > umount/28231 is trying to acquire lock: > > (&ei->i_data_sem){----}, at: [<ffffffff8030be45>] ext4_get_blocks_wrap+0x36/0x15c > > > > but task is already holding lock: > > (&type->s_lock_key#7){--..}, at: [<ffffffff8028a856>] lock_super+0x22/0x24 > > > > which lock already depends on the new lock. > > > > > > the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: > > > > -> #1 (&type->s_lock_key#7){--..}: > > [<ffffffff8024dbcf>] __lock_acquire+0xc3c/0xe20 > > [<ffffffff8024e052>] lock_acquire+0x53/0x6d > > [<ffffffff80503ae2>] mutex_lock_nested+0xd6/0x27d > > [<ffffffff8028a856>] lock_super+0x22/0x24 > > [<ffffffff803105e1>] ext4_orphan_add+0x29/0x17d > > [<ffffffff8031a538>] ext4_ext_truncate+0x91/0x19c > > [<ffffffff8030c984>] ext4_truncate+0xbb/0x568 > > [<ffffffff8026f07e>] vmtruncate+0xc2/0xe0 > > [<ffffffff8029d586>] inode_setattr+0x28/0x123 > > [<ffffffff8030ad2f>] ext4_setattr+0x226/0x284 > > [<ffffffff8029d7ea>] notify_change+0x169/0x27b > > [<ffffffff80287886>] do_truncate+0x60/0x7e > > [<ffffffff80287a16>] sys_truncate+0x172/0x1a8 > > [<ffffffff80222721>] sys32_truncate64+0x16/0x18 > > [<ffffffff802223a2>] ia32_sysret+0x0/0xa > > [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff > > > > -> #0 (&ei->i_data_sem){----}: > > [<ffffffff8024dab7>] __lock_acquire+0xb24/0xe20 > > [<ffffffff8024e052>] lock_acquire+0x53/0x6d > > [<ffffffff805045f7>] down_read+0x25/0x31 > > [<ffffffff8030be45>] ext4_get_blocks_wrap+0x36/0x15c > > [<ffffffff8030c4cc>] ext4_get_block+0xb5/0xf3 > > [<ffffffff802ab7ee>] generic_block_bmap+0x3a/0x40 > > [<ffffffff803093bb>] ext4_bmap+0x70/0x79 > > [<ffffffff8029c9aa>] bmap+0x1f/0x27 > > [<ffffffff80335c8d>] jbd2_journal_bmap+0x2c/0x8a > > [<ffffffff80335fe5>] jbd2_journal_next_log_block+0x76/0x7e > > [<ffffffff803362cd>] jbd2_journal_get_descriptor_buffer+0x17/0x80 > > [<ffffffff80331b15>] jbd2_journal_commit_transaction+0x56e/0x1045 > > [<ffffffff803356c4>] jbd2_journal_destroy+0xfc/0x250 > > [<ffffffff80312acf>] ext4_put_super+0x3e/0x213 > > [<ffffffff8028a96a>] generic_shutdown_super+0x63/0xf8 > > [<ffffffff8028b6d6>] kill_block_super+0x12/0x27 > > [<ffffffff8028a81f>] deactivate_super+0x4c/0x61 > > [<ffffffff8029f28b>] mntput_no_expire+0xed/0x120 > > [<ffffffff802a0d30>] sys_umount+0x312/0x327 > > [<ffffffff802223a2>] ia32_sysret+0x0/0xa > > [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff > The problem is we call ext4_orphan_add() in ext4_ext_truncate() under > i_data_sem. I wonder why we didn't hit it earlier... In principle, there's > no reason why ext4_orphan_add() could not be called earlier. So the patch > below should help. > I added this patch to patch queue to see if it helps. Thanks, Mingming > Honza -- 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