Hi, Trying to find a hanging reason for a custom omap4430 board (aka nook tablet), I stumled over a possible circular locking problem on startup: ... <4>[ 12.078216] <4>[ 12.078247] ======================================================= <4>[ 12.087341] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] <4>[ 12.094329] 3.0.31+ #2 <4>[ 12.097290] ------------------------------------------------------- <4>[ 12.104278] kworker/0:1/58 is trying to acquire lock: <4>[ 12.110168] ((&mq->work)){+.+.+.}, at: [<c00d2fb0>] wait_on_work+0x0/0x1cc <4>[ 12.118621] <4>[ 12.118621] but task is already holding lock: <4>[ 12.125549] (mbox_configured_lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<c009ddd4>] omap_mbox_put+0x34/0x100 <4>[ 12.135009] <4>[ 12.135040] which lock already depends on the new lock. ... <4>[ 12.504486] Chain exists of: <4>[ 12.504486] (&mq->work) --> &rproc->lock --> mbox_configured_lock <4>[ 12.515899] <4>[ 12.518127] Possible unsafe locking scenario: <4>[ 12.518127] <4>[ 12.524963] CPU0 CPU1 <4>[ 12.530242] ---- ---- <4>[ 12.535369] lock(mbox_configured_lock); <4>[ 12.540344] lock(&rproc->lock); <4>[ 12.547485] lock(mbox_configured_lock); <4>[ 12.555389] lock((&mq->work)); <4>[ 12.559539] <4>[ 12.559539] *** DEADLOCK *** <4>[ 12.559539] <4>[ 12.566589] 3 locks held by kworker/0:1/58: <4>[ 12.571502] #0: (pm){.+.+..}, at: [<c00d34b8>] process_one_work+0x124/0x590 <4>[ 12.580322] #1: ((&dev->power.work)){+.+...}, at: [<c00d34b8>] process_one_work+0x124/0x590 <4>[ 12.590850] #2: (mbox_configured_lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<c009ddd4>] omap_mbox_put+0x34/0x100 <4>[ 12.601165] Full dmesg can be found here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21820416/mbox-deadlock.dmesg For the record: Kernel source is very close to p-android-3.0. It can be found here: https://github.com/Kuzma30/kernel3NookTablet/tree/jellybean Used config: cyanogenmod_acclaim_defconfig. Kind regards, Chris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html