On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 12:18 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: > Hi, > > my machine got a lockdep warning regarding NFS client on 2.6.31-rc6. > Here is the log: > > ======================================================= > [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] > 2.6.31-rc6-test #12 > ------------------------------------------------------- > soffice.bin/31490 is trying to acquire lock: > (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#13){+.+.+.}, at: [<f85ea8bb>] nfs_revalidate_mapping+0x72/0xbe [nfs] > > but task is already holding lock: > (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<c0106c5b>] sys_mmap2+0x6d/0xb4 > > which lock already depends on the new lock. > > > the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: > > -> #1 (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}: > [<c0161b06>] __lock_acquire+0x100e/0x130d > [<c0161ebc>] lock_acquire+0xb7/0xeb > [<c01a2a15>] might_fault+0x69/0x9a > [<c026d399>] copy_to_user+0x3c/0x127 > [<c01d4427>] filldir64+0xc3/0x108 > [<f85e6270>] nfs_do_filldir+0x383/0x4ad [nfs] > [<f85e6b4e>] nfs_readdir+0x7b4/0x830 [nfs] > [<c01d469e>] vfs_readdir+0x76/0xb3 > [<c01d474e>] sys_getdents64+0x73/0xc3 > [<c0102df3>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x38 > [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff > > -> #0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#13){+.+.+.}: > [<c0161856>] __lock_acquire+0xd5e/0x130d > [<c0161ebc>] lock_acquire+0xb7/0xeb > [<c03af059>] mutex_lock_nested+0x43/0x272 > [<f85ea8bb>] nfs_revalidate_mapping+0x72/0xbe [nfs] > [<f85e8128>] nfs_file_mmap+0x5e/0x77 [nfs] > [<c01ab5f7>] mmap_region+0x263/0x40f > [<c01aba07>] do_mmap_pgoff+0x264/0x2c7 > [<c0106c6f>] sys_mmap2+0x81/0xb4 > [<c0102df3>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x38 > [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff > > other info that might help us debug this: > > 1 lock held by soffice.bin/31490: > #0: (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<c0106c5b>] sys_mmap2+0x6d/0xb4 > > stack backtrace: > Pid: 31490, comm: soffice.bin Not tainted 2.6.31-rc6-test #12 > Call Trace: > [<c03ad742>] ? printk+0x1d/0x33 > [<c01606d1>] print_circular_bug_tail+0xaf/0xcb > [<c0161856>] __lock_acquire+0xd5e/0x130d > [<f85ea8bb>] ? nfs_revalidate_mapping+0x72/0xbe [nfs] > [<c0161ebc>] lock_acquire+0xb7/0xeb > [<f85ea8bb>] ? nfs_revalidate_mapping+0x72/0xbe [nfs] > [<f85ea8bb>] ? nfs_revalidate_mapping+0x72/0xbe [nfs] > [<c03af059>] mutex_lock_nested+0x43/0x272 > [<f85ea8bb>] ? nfs_revalidate_mapping+0x72/0xbe [nfs] > [<f8609339>] ? nfs_have_delegation+0x68/0x82 [nfs] > [<f85ea8bb>] nfs_revalidate_mapping+0x72/0xbe [nfs] > [<f85e8128>] nfs_file_mmap+0x5e/0x77 [nfs] > [<c01ab5f7>] mmap_region+0x263/0x40f > [<c01aba07>] do_mmap_pgoff+0x264/0x2c7 > [<c0106c6f>] sys_mmap2+0x81/0xb4 > [<c0102df3>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x38 > > ======================================================= > > Indeed this looks like a circular lock dependency since copy_*_user() > invokes mm->mmap_sem mutex lock internally. (I hit a similar bug in > the ALSA core ago, thus I know it :) > > The inode lock in vfs_readdir is killable, so it's not critical, > though... Right, I did a number of patches to split up ->mmap() a while ago (ok, a long while ago). http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg04493.html Unless someone sees another way out, we should reconsider these, as this warning seems to pop up more frequently. -- 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