Hi I have pulled core/kill-the-BKL on top of 2.6.30-rc2. device: '0:18': device_add ======================================================= [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.30-rc2-00057-g30aa902-dirty #5 ------------------------------------------------------- mount.nfs/1740 is trying to acquire lock: (kernel_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<00000000006f32dc>] lock_kernel+0x28/0x3c but task is already holding lock: (&type->s_umount_key#24/1){+.+.+.}, at: [<00000000004b88a0>] sget+0x228/0x36c which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&type->s_umount_key#24/1){+.+.+.}: [<00000000004776d0>] lock_acquire+0x5c/0x74 [<0000000000469f5c>] down_write_nested+0x38/0x50 [<00000000004b88a0>] sget+0x228/0x36c [<00000000005688fc>] nfs_get_sb+0x80c/0xa7c [<00000000004b7ec8>] vfs_kern_mount+0x44/0xa4 [<00000000004b7f84>] do_kern_mount+0x30/0xcc [<00000000004cf300>] do_mount+0x7c8/0x80c [<00000000004ed2a4>] compat_sys_mount+0x224/0x274 [<0000000000406154>] linux_sparc_syscall32+0x34/0x40 -> #0 (kernel_mutex){+.+.+.}: [<00000000004776d0>] lock_acquire+0x5c/0x74 [<00000000006f0ebc>] mutex_lock_nested+0x48/0x380 [<00000000006f32dc>] lock_kernel+0x28/0x3c [<00000000006d20ec>] rpc_wait_bit_killable+0x64/0x8c [<00000000006f0620>] __wait_on_bit+0x64/0xc0 [<00000000006f06e4>] out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x68/0x7c [<00000000006d2938>] __rpc_execute+0x150/0x2b4 [<00000000006d2ac0>] rpc_execute+0x24/0x34 [<00000000006cc338>] rpc_run_task+0x64/0x74 [<00000000006cc474>] rpc_call_sync+0x58/0x7c [<00000000005717b0>] nfs3_rpc_wrapper+0x24/0xa0 [<0000000000572024>] do_proc_get_root+0x6c/0x10c [<00000000005720dc>] nfs3_proc_get_root+0x18/0x5c [<000000000056401c>] nfs_get_root+0x34/0x17c [<0000000000568adc>] nfs_get_sb+0x9ec/0xa7c [<00000000004b7ec8>] vfs_kern_mount+0x44/0xa4 [<00000000004b7f84>] do_kern_mount+0x30/0xcc [<00000000004cf300>] do_mount+0x7c8/0x80c [<00000000004ed2a4>] compat_sys_mount+0x224/0x274 [<0000000000406154>] linux_sparc_syscall32+0x34/0x40 other info that might help us debug this: 1 lock held by mount.nfs/1740: #0: (&type->s_umount_key#24/1){+.+.+.}, at: [<00000000004b88a0>] sget+0x228/0x36c stack backtrace: Call Trace: [00000000004755ac] print_circular_bug_tail+0xfc/0x10c [0000000000476e24] __lock_acquire+0x12f0/0x1b40 [00000000004776d0] lock_acquire+0x5c/0x74 [00000000006f0ebc] mutex_lock_nested+0x48/0x380 [00000000006f32dc] lock_kernel+0x28/0x3c [00000000006d20ec] rpc_wait_bit_killable+0x64/0x8c [00000000006f0620] __wait_on_bit+0x64/0xc0 [00000000006f06e4] out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x68/0x7c [00000000006d2938] __rpc_execute+0x150/0x2b4 [00000000006d2ac0] rpc_execute+0x24/0x34 [00000000006cc338] rpc_run_task+0x64/0x74 [00000000006cc474] rpc_call_sync+0x58/0x7c [00000000005717b0] nfs3_rpc_wrapper+0x24/0xa0 [0000000000572024] do_proc_get_root+0x6c/0x10c [00000000005720dc] nfs3_proc_get_root+0x18/0x5c [000000000056401c] nfs_get_root+0x34/0x17c device: '0:19': device_add -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html