2.6.17-912b2539e1e062cec73e2e61448e507f7719bd08 While trying to remove 2 small files, 2 empty dirs and 1 empty dir on xfs partition ============================================= [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] --------------------------------------------- rm/7596 is trying to acquire lock: (&(&ip->i_lock)->mr_lock){----}, at: [<c01d3d0d>] xfs_ilock+0x4d/0x6e but task is already holding lock: (&(&ip->i_lock)->mr_lock){----}, at: [<c01d3d0d>] xfs_ilock+0x4d/0x6e other info that might help us debug this: 3 locks held by rm/7596: #0: (&inode->i_mutex/1){--..}, at: [<c0155ff9>] do_rmdir+0x6c/0xc3 #1: (&inode->i_mutex){--..}, at: [<c02b21a0>] mutex_lock+0x8/0xa #2: (&(&ip->i_lock)->mr_lock){----}, at: [<c01d3d0d>] xfs_ilock+0x4d/0x6e stack backtrace: [<c0102b4c>] show_trace+0xd/0xf [<c0102c1e>] dump_stack+0x17/0x19 [<c012558c>] print_deadlock_bug+0x94/0x9e [<c01255d4>] check_deadlock+0x3e/0x52 [<c0126e34>] __lock_acquire+0x747/0x7ea [<c012746f>] lock_acquire+0x5e/0x7e [<c01241b8>] down_write+0x19/0x33 [<c01d3d0d>] xfs_ilock+0x4d/0x6e [<c01eefae>] xfs_lock_dir_and_entry+0x8e/0xc8 [<c01efeb5>] xfs_rmdir+0x1ce/0x3c9 [<c01f8a45>] xfs_vn_rmdir+0x1c/0x44 [<c0155f57>] vfs_rmdir+0x5c/0x92 [<c0156019>] do_rmdir+0x8c/0xc3 [<c0156060>] sys_rmdir+0x10/0x12 [<c0102677>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html