Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > generic_file_splice_write() uses I_MUTEX_CHILD. Not sure why, though, parent > shouldn't be locked. Maybe it's some remaining thing from the days when pipes > used the i_mutex on the pipe inode. Probably should just remove that notation > and things will work. You should be so lucky! ;-) ============================================= [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] 3.15.0-rc6-fsdevel+ #367 Tainted: G W --------------------------------------------- open-file/3284 is trying to acquire lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9/2){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81137121>] generic_file_splice_write+0x88/0x154 but task is already holding lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9/2){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8111cf8d>] lock_rename+0xd3/0xdc other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9/2); lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9/2); *** DEADLOCK *** May be due to missing lock nesting notation 4 locks held by open-file/3284: #0: (sb_writers#8){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff8112bf5b>] mnt_want_write+0x1c/0x40 #1: (&type->s_vfs_rename_key){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8111cef5>] lock_rename+0x3b/0xdc #2: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9/1){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8111cf78>] lock_rename+0xbe/0xdc #3: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9/2){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8111cf8d>] lock_rename+0xd3/0xdc stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 3284 Comm: open-file Tainted: G W 3.15.0-rc6-fsdevel+ #367 Hardware name: /DG965RY, BIOS MQ96510J.86A.0816.2006.0716.2308 07/16/2006 0000000000000000 ffff88002219d7e0 ffffffff8148b779 ffffffff81ff9d80 ffff88002219d8a0 ffffffff81074b0e ffff88002219d820 ffff88002219d8a0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff880000000003 ffffffff00000000 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8148b779>] dump_stack+0x4d/0x66 [<ffffffff81074b0e>] __lock_acquire+0x75a/0x1861 [<ffffffff810762b6>] lock_acquire+0x9c/0x112 [<ffffffff81137121>] ? generic_file_splice_write+0x88/0x154 [<ffffffff8148e5cf>] mutex_lock_nested+0x60/0x2ff [<ffffffff81137121>] ? generic_file_splice_write+0x88/0x154 [<ffffffff81074399>] ? debug_check_no_locks_freed+0x11b/0x136 [<ffffffff81137121>] generic_file_splice_write+0x88/0x154 [<ffffffff8113777e>] direct_splice_actor+0x31/0x33 [<ffffffff81137329>] splice_direct_to_actor+0xc6/0x188 [<ffffffff8113774d>] ? opipe_prep.part.8+0x9e/0x9e [<ffffffff8113745e>] do_splice_direct+0x73/0x9b [<ffffffff811e3375>] ovl_copy_up_one+0x509/0x586 [<ffffffff811e3490>] ovl_copy_up+0x9e/0xd3 [<ffffffff811e0ba7>] ovl_dentry_open+0xbf/0xce [<ffffffff8110fba8>] vfs_open+0x24/0x41 [<ffffffff8111d9fe>] do_last+0x943/0xbc9 [<ffffffff8111b9cd>] ? link_path_walk+0x64/0x744 [<ffffffff8111dec1>] path_openat+0x23d/0x61d [<ffffffff8111ef52>] do_filp_open+0x35/0x7a [<ffffffff8149114f>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x22/0x2d [<ffffffff8112a0fc>] ? __alloc_fd+0xe5/0xf4 [<ffffffff81110aee>] do_sys_open+0x142/0x1d1 [<ffffffff8100d737>] ? syscall_trace_enter+0x197/0x1eb [<ffffffff81110b96>] SyS_open+0x19/0x1b [<ffffffff814924f4>] tracesys+0xdd/0xe2 -- 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