At least trackpoint_disconnect wants to remove some sysfs files, and we can't remove sysfs files while holding psmouse_mutex: ====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected 4.16.0-rc5-g613eb885b69e-drmtip_1+ #1 Tainted: G U ------------------------------------------------------ kworker/0:3/102 is trying to acquire lock: (kn->count#130){++++}, at: [<000000009679748b>] kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x3b/0x80 but task is already holding lock: (psmouse_mutex){+.+.}, at: [<0000000014f44bcc>] psmouse_disconnect+0x62/0x160 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (psmouse_mutex){+.+.}: psmouse_attr_set_helper+0x28/0x140 kernfs_fop_write+0xfe/0x180 __vfs_write+0x1e/0x130 vfs_write+0xbd/0x1b0 SyS_write+0x40/0xa0 do_syscall_64+0x65/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x42/0xb7 -> #0 (kn->count#130){++++}: __kernfs_remove+0x243/0x2b0 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x3b/0x80 remove_files.isra.0+0x2b/0x60 sysfs_remove_group+0x38/0x80 sysfs_remove_groups+0x24/0x40 trackpoint_disconnect+0x2c/0x50 psmouse_disconnect+0x8f/0x160 serio_disconnect_driver+0x28/0x40 serio_driver_remove+0xc/0x10 device_release_driver_internal+0x15b/0x230 serio_handle_event+0x1c8/0x260 process_one_work+0x215/0x620 worker_thread+0x48/0x3a0 kthread+0xfb/0x130 ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(psmouse_mutex); lock(kn->count#130); lock(psmouse_mutex); lock(kn->count#130); *** DEADLOCK *** 6 locks held by kworker/0:3/102: #0: ((wq_completion)"events_long"){+.+.}, at: [<000000002e408bfa>] process_one_work+0x191/0x620 #1: (serio_event_work){+.+.}, at: [<000000002e408bfa>] process_one_work+0x191/0x620 #2: (serio_mutex){+.+.}, at: [<00000000c8a49847>] serio_handle_event+0x23/0x260 #3: (&dev->mutex){....}, at: [<00000000b55eee75>] device_release_driver_internal+0x2f/0x230 #4: (&serio->drv_mutex){+.+.}, at: [<000000009719f997>] serio_disconnect_driver+0x16/0x40 #5: (psmouse_mutex){+.+.}, at: [<0000000014f44bcc>] psmouse_disconnect+0x62/0x160 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 102 Comm: kworker/0:3 Tainted: G U 4.16.0-rc5-g613eb885b69e-drmtip_1+ #1 Hardware name: LENOVO 74591P0/74591P0, BIOS 6DET28WW (1.05 ) 07/30/2008 Workqueue: events_long serio_handle_event Call Trace: dump_stack+0x5f/0x86 print_circular_bug.isra.18+0x1d0/0x2c0 __lock_acquire+0x14ae/0x1b60 ? kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x20/0x80 ? lock_acquire+0xaf/0x200 lock_acquire+0xaf/0x200 ? kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x3b/0x80 __kernfs_remove+0x243/0x2b0 ? kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x3b/0x80 ? kernfs_name_hash+0xd/0x70 ? kernfs_find_ns+0x7e/0x100 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x3b/0x80 remove_files.isra.0+0x2b/0x60 sysfs_remove_group+0x38/0x80 sysfs_remove_groups+0x24/0x40 trackpoint_disconnect+0x2c/0x50 psmouse_disconnect+0x8f/0x160 serio_disconnect_driver+0x28/0x40 serio_driver_remove+0xc/0x10 device_release_driver_internal+0x15b/0x230 serio_handle_event+0x1c8/0x260 process_one_work+0x215/0x620 worker_thread+0x48/0x3a0 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x4c/0x60 kthread+0xfb/0x130 ? process_one_work+0x620/0x620 ? _kthread_create_on_node+0x30/0x30 ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50 Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephen Lyons <slysven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c index 8900c3166ebf..06ccd8e22f3c 100644 --- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c @@ -1484,8 +1484,10 @@ static void psmouse_disconnect(struct serio *serio) psmouse_deactivate(parent); } + mutex_unlock(&psmouse_mutex); if (psmouse->disconnect) psmouse->disconnect(psmouse); + mutex_lock(&psmouse_mutex); if (parent && parent->pt_deactivate) parent->pt_deactivate(parent); -- 2.17.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html