Just got this on 3.7.0-rc1 (last git commit 1867353): [49048.262912] ================================= [49048.262913] [ INFO: inconsistent lock state ] [49048.262916] 3.7.0-rc1+ #518 Not tainted [49048.262918] --------------------------------- [49048.262919] inconsistent {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} -> {IN-RECLAIM_FS-W} usage. [49048.262922] kswapd0/35 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes: [49048.262924] (&mapping->i_mmap_mutex){+.+.?.}, at: [<ffffffff81192fbc>] page_referenced+0x9c/0x2e0 [49048.262933] {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} state was registered at: [49048.262935] [<ffffffff810ed5d6>] mark_held_locks+0x86/0x150 [49048.262938] [<ffffffff810edce7>] lockdep_trace_alloc+0x67/0xc0 [49048.262942] [<ffffffff811a9323>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x33/0x230 [49048.262945] [<ffffffff811a1a27>] do_mmu_notifier_register+0x87/0x180 [49048.262948] [<ffffffff811a1b53>] mmu_notifier_register+0x13/0x20 [49048.262951] [<ffffffff81006738>] kvm_dev_ioctl+0x428/0x510 [49048.262955] [<ffffffff811c7ce8>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x98/0x570 [49048.262959] [<ffffffff811c8251>] sys_ioctl+0x91/0xb0 [49048.262962] [<ffffffff815df302>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [49048.262966] irq event stamp: 825 [49048.262968] hardirqs last enabled at (825): [<ffffffff815d6fa0>] _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x30/0x60 [49048.262971] hardirqs last disabled at (824): [<ffffffff815d6659>] _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x19/0x80 [49048.262975] softirqs last enabled at (0): [<ffffffff81082170>] copy_process+0x630/0x17c0 [49048.262979] softirqs last disabled at (0): [< (null)>] (null) [49048.262981] [49048.262981] other info that might help us debug this: [49048.262983] Possible unsafe locking scenario: [49048.262983] [49048.262984] CPU0 [49048.262986] ---- [49048.262987] lock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex); [49048.262989] <Interrupt> [49048.262991] lock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex); [49048.262993] [49048.262993] *** DEADLOCK *** [49048.262993] [49048.262995] no locks held by kswapd0/35. [49048.262996] [49048.262996] stack backtrace: [49048.262999] Pid: 35, comm: kswapd0 Not tainted 3.7.0-rc1+ #518 [49048.263000] Call Trace: [49048.263005] [<ffffffff815cd988>] print_usage_bug+0x1f5/0x206 [49048.263008] [<ffffffff8105a21f>] ? save_stack_trace+0x2f/0x50 [49048.263011] [<ffffffff810ea865>] mark_lock+0x295/0x2f0 [49048.263014] [<ffffffff810e9c70>] ? print_irq_inversion_bug.part.42+0x1f0/0x1f0 [49048.263017] [<ffffffff810eae5d>] __lock_acquire+0x59d/0x1c20 [49048.263020] [<ffffffff815cf163>] ? put_cpu_partial+0x65/0xbd [49048.263024] [<ffffffff81052d06>] ? native_sched_clock+0x26/0x90 [49048.263028] [<ffffffff810c5555>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0xc5/0x120 [49048.263031] [<ffffffff810ecbe0>] lock_acquire+0x90/0x210 [49048.263034] [<ffffffff81192fbc>] ? page_referenced+0x9c/0x2e0 [49048.263038] [<ffffffff815d2ea3>] mutex_lock_nested+0x73/0x3d0 [49048.263041] [<ffffffff81192fbc>] ? page_referenced+0x9c/0x2e0 [49048.263044] [<ffffffff81192fbc>] ? page_referenced+0x9c/0x2e0 [49048.263047] [<ffffffff810e764e>] ? put_lock_stats.isra.26+0xe/0x40 [49048.263051] [<ffffffff810e7a84>] ? lock_release_holdtime.part.27+0xd4/0x150 [49048.263055] [<ffffffff8116edab>] ? __remove_mapping+0xab/0x120 [49048.263058] [<ffffffff81192fbc>] page_referenced+0x9c/0x2e0 [49048.263061] [<ffffffff81171b94>] shrink_page_list+0x3e4/0xa20 [49048.263064] [<ffffffff81052d06>] ? native_sched_clock+0x26/0x90 [49048.263068] [<ffffffff811726f5>] ? shrink_inactive_list+0x165/0x4b0 [49048.263071] [<ffffffff815d6fa0>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x30/0x60 [49048.263075] [<ffffffff81172787>] shrink_inactive_list+0x1f7/0x4b0 [49048.263079] [<ffffffff81172e8d>] shrink_lruvec+0x44d/0x550 [49048.263082] [<ffffffff81173693>] kswapd+0x703/0xdf0 [49048.263086] [<ffffffff810af470>] ? __init_waitqueue_head+0x60/0x60 [49048.263090] [<ffffffff81172f90>] ? shrink_lruvec+0x550/0x550 [49048.263093] [<ffffffff810ae98d>] kthread+0xed/0x100 [49048.263097] [<ffffffff810ae8a0>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0x190/0x190 [49048.263100] [<ffffffff815df25c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 [49048.263103] [<ffffffff810ae8a0>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0x190/0x190 Should we use a GFP_NOFS allocation in mmu_notifier_register() or is there a better way to fix/avoid this? Thanks, -Andrea -- 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>