I'm getting this, running connectathon tests on a kernel which includes your latest nfs-for-2.6.32. Is it new? --b. ======================================================= [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.31-rc8-00162-gf7fcab6 #321 ------------------------------------------------------- bigfile/3763 is trying to acquire lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#11){+.+.+.}, at: [<c11cd5f2>] nfs_revalidate_mapping+0x92/0xd0 but task is already holding lock: (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<c100640e>] sys_mmap2+0x8e/0xc0 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}: [<c1051476>] __lock_acquire+0xef6/0x1710 [<c1051d5f>] lock_acquire+0xcf/0xf0 [<c10951cb>] might_fault+0x8b/0xb0 [<c13cb5f7>] copy_to_user+0x37/0x70 [<c10bb059>] filldir64+0xa9/0xf0 [<c11c7f82>] nfs_do_filldir+0x1e2/0x5b0 [<c11c871e>] nfs_readdir+0x3ce/0x910 [<c10bb2f5>] vfs_readdir+0x95/0xb0 [<c10bb37e>] sys_getdents64+0x6e/0xc0 [<c1002f49>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff -> #0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#11){+.+.+.}: [<c10515ab>] __lock_acquire+0x102b/0x1710 [<c1051d5f>] lock_acquire+0xcf/0xf0 [<c17292ed>] mutex_lock_nested+0x5d/0x310 [<c11cd5f2>] nfs_revalidate_mapping+0x92/0xd0 [<c11ca5c8>] nfs_file_mmap+0x48/0x80 [<c109c436>] mmap_region+0x2b6/0x430 [<c109c7fd>] do_mmap_pgoff+0x24d/0x350 [<c100642d>] sys_mmap2+0xad/0xc0 [<c1002f49>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff other info that might help us debug this: 1 lock held by bigfile/3763: #0: (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<c100640e>] sys_mmap2+0x8e/0xc0 stack backtrace: Pid: 3763, comm: bigfile Not tainted 2.6.31-rc8-00162-gf7fcab6 #321 Call Trace: [<c1727d29>] ? printk+0x1d/0x1f [<c10500ac>] print_circular_bug_tail+0xbc/0xc0 [<c10515ab>] __lock_acquire+0x102b/0x1710 [<c11cd5f2>] ? nfs_revalidate_mapping+0x92/0xd0 [<c1051d5f>] lock_acquire+0xcf/0xf0 [<c11cd5f2>] ? nfs_revalidate_mapping+0x92/0xd0 [<c11cd5f2>] ? nfs_revalidate_mapping+0x92/0xd0 [<c17292ed>] mutex_lock_nested+0x5d/0x310 [<c11cd5f2>] ? nfs_revalidate_mapping+0x92/0xd0 [<c11f26f0>] ? nfs_have_delegation+0x0/0xc0 [<c11cd5f2>] nfs_revalidate_mapping+0x92/0xd0 [<c11ca5c8>] nfs_file_mmap+0x48/0x80 [<c109c436>] mmap_region+0x2b6/0x430 [<c109c7fd>] do_mmap_pgoff+0x24d/0x350 [<c100642d>] sys_mmap2+0xad/0xc0 [<c1002f49>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb -- 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