(was '3.2-rc1: INFO: possible recursive locking detect') On Wednesday 09 November 2011 09:05:57 Yong Zhang wrote: > >Hi, >Just get below waring when doing: >for i in `seq 1 10`; do ./perf bench -f simple sched messaging -g 40; done >And kernel config is attached. >Thanks, >Yong >--- >[ 350.148020] ============================================= [ 350.148020] [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] [ 350.148020] 3.2.0-rc1-10791-g76a4b59-dirty #2 [ 350.148020] --------------------------------------------- [ 350.148020] perf/9439 is trying to acquire lock: [ 350.148020] (&(&n->list_lock)->rlock){-.-...}, at: [<ffffffff8113847f>] get_partial_node+0x5f/0x360 [ 350.148020] [ 350.148020] but task is already holding lock: [ 350.148020] (&(&n->list_lock)->rlock){-.-...}, at: [<ffffffff811380c9>] unfreeze_partials+0x199/0x3c0 [ 350.148020] [ 350.148020] other info that might help us debug this: [ 350.148020] Possible unsafe locking scenario: [ 350.148020] [ 350.148020] CPU0 [ 350.148020] ---- [ 350.148020] lock(&(&n->list_lock)->rlock); [ 350.148020] lock(&(&n->list_lock)->rlock); [ 350.148020] [ 350.148020] *** DEADLOCK *** [ 350.148020] [ 350.148020] May be due to missing lock nesting notation [ 350.148020] [ 350.148020] 2 locks held by perf/9439: [ 350.148020] #0: (tasklist_lock){.+.+..}, at: [<ffffffff810552ee>] release_task+0x9e/0x500 >[ 350.148020] #1: (&(&n->list_lock)->rlock){-.-...}, at: [<ffffffff811380c9>] unfreeze_partials+0x199/0x3c0 Hi Yong I've been getting a similar report not when using perf though, just in my dmesg at startup: (if people want my .config please ask, I'm not including it else in case it's just unhelpful noise) Cheers Julie [ 34.545934] ============================================= [ 34.545936] [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] [ 34.545939] 3.2.0-rc1 #103 [ 34.545940] --------------------------------------------- [ 34.545943] kdeinit4/2559 is trying to acquire lock: [ 34.545945] (&(&n->list_lock)->rlock){-.-...}, at: [<ffffffff8110aaa4>] get_partial_node+0x3f/0x17a [ 34.545954] [ 34.545955] but task is already holding lock: [ 34.545957] (&(&n->list_lock)->rlock){-.-...}, at: [<ffffffff81109efe>] unfreeze_partials+0xc4/0x193 [ 34.545963] [ 34.545964] other info that might help us debug this: [ 34.545966] Possible unsafe locking scenario: [ 34.545966] [ 34.545968] CPU0 [ 34.545969] ---- [ 34.545971] lock(&(&n->list_lock)->rlock); [ 34.545974] lock(&(&n->list_lock)->rlock); [ 34.545977] [ 34.545978] *** DEADLOCK *** [ 34.545978] [ 34.545980] May be due to missing lock nesting notation [ 34.545981] [ 34.545983] 1 lock held by kdeinit4/2559: [ 34.545985] #0: (&(&n->list_lock)->rlock){-.-...}, at: [<ffffffff81109efe>] unfreeze_partials+0xc4/0x193 [ 34.545992] [ 34.545992] stack backtrace: [ 34.545995] Pid: 2559, comm: kdeinit4 Not tainted 3.2.0-rc1 #103 [ 34.545997] Call Trace: [ 34.546003] [<ffffffff81076548>] __lock_acquire+0x9d8/0xdf7 [ 34.546008] [<ffffffff8105fdf5>] ? __kernel_text_address+0x26/0x4c [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81004c57>] ? print_context_stack+0x9c/0xb2 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8110aaa4>] ? get_partial_node+0x3f/0x17a [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81076e4a>] lock_acquire+0xd8/0xfe [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8110aaa4>] ? get_partial_node+0x3f/0x17a [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8107e092>] ? __module_text_address+0x12/0x5f [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff815af2d3>] _raw_spin_lock+0x45/0x7a [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8110aaa4>] ? get_partial_node+0x3f/0x17a [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8110aaa4>] get_partial_node+0x3f/0x17a [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff810733fb>] ? look_up_lock_class+0x5f/0xbe [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8107e092>] ? __module_text_address+0x12/0x5f [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8110ad4e>] __slab_alloc+0x16f/0x3ae [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81008529>] ? native_sched_clock+0x3b/0x3d [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81112d46>] ? create_object+0x39/0x283 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81008529>] ? native_sched_clock+0x3b/0x3d [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81072655>] ? arch_local_irq_save+0x9/0xc [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81112d46>] ? create_object+0x39/0x283 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8110c54c>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x5b/0x12b [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81112d46>] create_object+0x39/0x283 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8159655c>] kmemleak_alloc+0x73/0x98 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81250c3c>] ? __debug_object_init+0x43/0x2e7 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8110c5b4>] kmem_cache_alloc+0xc3/0x12b [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff810679c7>] ? sched_clock_local+0x12/0x75 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81250c3c>] __debug_object_init+0x43/0x2e7 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81067b92>] ? local_clock+0x2b/0x3c [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81073b06>] ? lock_release_holdtime+0x59/0x60 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81250ef4>] debug_object_init+0x14/0x16 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8105fc57>] rcuhead_fixup_activate+0x27/0x5f [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81250943>] debug_object_fixup+0x1e/0x2b [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81250fdb>] debug_object_activate+0xcc/0xd9 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8110939f>] ? discard_slab+0x4e/0x4e [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff810a8b77>] __call_rcu+0x4f/0x18e [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff810a8ce2>] call_rcu_sched+0x15/0x17 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81109396>] discard_slab+0x45/0x4e [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81109fa4>] unfreeze_partials+0x16a/0x193 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81073b06>] ? lock_release_holdtime+0x59/0x60 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff815afd87>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x3f/0x55 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8110a020>] put_cpu_partial+0x53/0xbd [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8110a197>] __slab_free+0x10d/0x229 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff810f5e08>] ? anon_vma_free+0x3d/0x41 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff810f5e08>] ? anon_vma_free+0x3d/0x41 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8110a44b>] kmem_cache_free+0x7d/0xc4 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff810f5e08>] anon_vma_free+0x3d/0x41 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff810f6d9e>] __put_anon_vma+0x38/0x3d [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff810f6dcc>] put_anon_vma+0x29/0x2d [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff810f6f28>] unlink_anon_vmas+0xf5/0x14c [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff815ae4c4>] ? mutex_unlock+0xe/0x10 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff810ed096>] free_pgtables+0x73/0xd0 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff810f30ad>] exit_mmap+0xac/0xe5 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81043d05>] mmput+0x60/0x108 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81048323>] exit_mm+0x119/0x126 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff815afd34>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x30/0x44 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81049a59>] do_exit+0x233/0x80f [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff81073330>] ? trace_hardirqs_off_caller+0x33/0x90 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff815affca>] ? retint_swapgs+0xe/0x13 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8104a2dd>] do_group_exit+0x88/0xb6 [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff8104a322>] sys_exit_group+0x17/0x1b [ 34.546010] [<ffffffff815b662b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. 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