On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri 27-10-17 02:22:40, syzbot wrote: >> Hello, >> >> syzkaller hit the following crash on >> a31cc455c512f3f1dd5f79cac8e29a7c8a617af8 >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/master >> compiler: gcc (GCC) 7.1.1 20170620 >> .config is attached >> Raw console output is attached. > > I do not see such a commit. My linux-next top is next-20171018 > > [...] >> Chain exists of: >> cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem --> &pipe->mutex/1 --> &sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9 >> >> Possible unsafe locking scenario: >> >> CPU0 CPU1 >> ---- ---- >> lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9); >> lock(&pipe->mutex/1); >> lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9); >> lock(cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem); > > I am quite confused about this report. Where exactly is the deadlock? > I do not see where we would get pipe mutex from inside of the hotplug > lock. Is it possible this is just a false possitive due to cross release > feature? As far as I understand this CPU0/CPU1 scheme works only for simple cases with 2 mutexes. This seem to have larger cycle as denoted by "the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:" section. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>
