Hi there, I got the following warning for 2.6.28-rc3-next-20081106, it's quiet for 2.6.28-rc3. Besides the new warning everything seems to work fine. As a side note, I wanted to file this at bugzilla.k.o, but there is no "next" tree in "alternate trees" - intended? FWIW: x86, 2xP3 Greetings, Markus ======================================================= [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.28-rc3-next-20081106-mad-1 #2 ------------------------------------------------------- cryptsetup/2554 is trying to acquire lock: (&cpu_hotplug.lock){--..}, at: [<c012cd32>] get_online_cpus+0x22/0x40 but task is already holding lock: (&mm->mmap_sem){----}, at: [<c018b98e>] sys_mlockall+0x5e/0xd0 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #3 (&mm->mmap_sem){----}: [<c0151560>] __lock_acquire+0xf30/0x17f0 [<c0151e7e>] lock_acquire+0x5e/0x80 [<c0187d2c>] might_fault+0x5c/0x80 [<c0267bc6>] copy_to_user+0x36/0x120 [<c01af074>] filldir64+0xa4/0xf0 [<c01ead29>] sysfs_readdir+0x129/0x220 [<c01af315>] vfs_readdir+0x95/0xb0 [<c01af399>] sys_getdents64+0x69/0xc0 [<c010346d>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x31 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff -> #2 (sysfs_mutex){--..}: [<c0151560>] __lock_acquire+0xf30/0x17f0 [<c0151e7e>] lock_acquire+0x5e/0x80 [<c03e5be4>] mutex_lock_nested+0xb4/0x2c0 [<c01eb0ac>] sysfs_addrm_start+0x2c/0xb0 [<c01eb6b0>] create_dir+0x40/0x90 [<c01eb72b>] sysfs_create_dir+0x2b/0x50 [<c026116f>] kobject_add_internal+0xcf/0x240 [<c02613b1>] kobject_add_varg+0x31/0x50 [<c0261807>] kobject_init_and_add+0x27/0x30 [<c019e4b3>] sysfs_slab_add+0x83/0x1a0 [<c019e61e>] sysfs_add_func+0x4e/0x70 [<c013c6b5>] run_workqueue+0xe5/0x1f0 [<c013c848>] worker_thread+0x88/0xf0 [<c01402ec>] kthread+0x3c/0x70 [<c01042ff>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x18 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff -> #1 (slub_lock){----}: [<c0151560>] __lock_acquire+0xf30/0x17f0 [<c0151e7e>] lock_acquire+0x5e/0x80 [<c03e65d7>] down_read+0x37/0x50 [<c03e40da>] slab_cpuup_callback+0x3a/0x192 [<c01452cd>] notifier_call_chain+0x2d/0x70 [<c01453c9>] __raw_notifier_call_chain+0x19/0x20 [<c03e334e>] _cpu_up+0x5e/0x105 [<c03e3459>] cpu_up+0x64/0x7b [<c055430f>] kernel_init+0xb6/0x173 [<c01042ff>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x18 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff -> #0 (&cpu_hotplug.lock){--..}: [<c0151691>] __lock_acquire+0x1061/0x17f0 [<c0151e7e>] lock_acquire+0x5e/0x80 [<c03e5be4>] mutex_lock_nested+0xb4/0x2c0 [<c012cd32>] get_online_cpus+0x22/0x40 [<c013d2c8>] schedule_on_each_cpu+0x38/0xe0 [<c018115d>] lru_add_drain_all+0xd/0x10 [<c018b486>] __mlock_vma_pages_range+0x36/0x1f0 [<c018b74f>] mlock_fixup+0x10f/0x210 [<c018b8db>] do_mlockall+0x8b/0xa0 [<c018b9c1>] sys_mlockall+0x91/0xd0 [<c010346d>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x31 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff other info that might help us debug this: 1 lock held by cryptsetup/2554: #0: (&mm->mmap_sem){----}, at: [<c018b98e>] sys_mlockall+0x5e/0xd0 stack backtrace: Pid: 2554, comm: cryptsetup Not tainted 2.6.28-rc3-next-20081106-mad-1 #2 Call Trace: [<c03e45d2>] ? printk+0x18/0x1e [<c0150213>] print_circular_bug_tail+0xc3/0xd0 [<c014ff4b>] ? print_circular_bug_entry+0x4b/0x50 [<c0151691>] __lock_acquire+0x1061/0x17f0 [<c0151e7e>] lock_acquire+0x5e/0x80 [<c012cd32>] ? get_online_cpus+0x22/0x40 [<c03e5be4>] mutex_lock_nested+0xb4/0x2c0 [<c012cd32>] ? get_online_cpus+0x22/0x40 [<c012cd32>] ? get_online_cpus+0x22/0x40 [<c019f391>] ? __percpu_alloc_mask+0xa1/0x100 [<c012cd32>] get_online_cpus+0x22/0x40 [<c013d2c8>] schedule_on_each_cpu+0x38/0xe0 [<c0180ed0>] ? lru_add_drain_per_cpu+0x0/0x10 [<c018115d>] lru_add_drain_all+0xd/0x10 [<c018b486>] __mlock_vma_pages_range+0x36/0x1f0 [<c022c109>] ? avc_has_perm+0x59/0x70 [<c018b74f>] mlock_fixup+0x10f/0x210 [<c018b8db>] do_mlockall+0x8b/0xa0 [<c018b9c1>] sys_mlockall+0x91/0xd0 [<c010346d>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x31 -- ubuntu is an ancient african word meaning "i can't install debian." -- unknown -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html