Hi Dominik, On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 02:58:48PM +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote: > When connecting a thunderbolt-enabled docking station to my work laptop, > the following lockdep warning is reported on v5.3.0-rc6+ as of Thursday > morning (can look up the exact git id if so required): Thanks for reporting. No need to dig for the commit ID. I'll take a look at this next week. > thunderbolt 0-1: new device found, vendor=0xd4 device=0xb070 > thunderbolt 0-1: Dell WD19TB Thunderbolt Dock > > ====================================================== > WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected > 5.3.0-rc6+ #1 Tainted: G T > ------------------------------------------------------ > pool-/usr/lib/b/1258 is trying to acquire lock: > 000000005ab0ad43 (pci_rescan_remove_lock){+.+.}, at: authorized_store+0xe8/0x210 > > but task is already holding lock: > 00000000bfb796b5 (&tb->lock){+.+.}, at: authorized_store+0x7c/0x210 > > which lock already depends on the new lock. > > the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: > > -> #1 (&tb->lock){+.+.}: > __mutex_lock+0xac/0x9a0 > tb_domain_add+0x2d/0x130 > nhi_probe+0x1dd/0x330 > pci_device_probe+0xd2/0x150 > really_probe+0xee/0x280 > driver_probe_device+0x50/0xc0 > bus_for_each_drv+0x84/0xd0 > __device_attach+0xe4/0x150 > pci_bus_add_device+0x4e/0x70 > pci_bus_add_devices+0x2e/0x66 > pci_bus_add_devices+0x59/0x66 > pci_bus_add_devices+0x59/0x66 > enable_slot+0x344/0x450 > acpiphp_check_bridge.part.0+0x119/0x150 > acpiphp_hotplug_notify+0xaa/0x140 > acpi_device_hotplug+0xa2/0x3f0 > acpi_hotplug_work_fn+0x1a/0x30 > process_one_work+0x234/0x580 > worker_thread+0x50/0x3b0 > kthread+0x10a/0x140 > ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50 > > -> #0 (pci_rescan_remove_lock){+.+.}: > __lock_acquire+0xe54/0x1ac0 > lock_acquire+0xb8/0x1b0 > __mutex_lock+0xac/0x9a0 > authorized_store+0xe8/0x210 > kernfs_fop_write+0x125/0x1b0 > vfs_write+0xc2/0x1d0 > ksys_write+0x6c/0xf0 > do_syscall_64+0x50/0x180 > entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe > > other info that might help us debug this: > Possible unsafe locking scenario: > CPU0 CPU1 > ---- ---- > lock(&tb->lock); > lock(pci_rescan_remove_lock); > lock(&tb->lock); > lock(pci_rescan_remove_lock); > > *** DEADLOCK *** > 5 locks held by pool-/usr/lib/b/1258: > #0: 000000003df1a1ad (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}, at: __fdget_pos+0x4d/0x60 > #1: 0000000095a40b02 (sb_writers#6){.+.+}, at: vfs_write+0x185/0x1d0 > #2: 0000000017a7d714 (&of->mutex){+.+.}, at: kernfs_fop_write+0xf2/0x1b0 > #3: 000000004f262981 (kn->count#208){.+.+}, at: kernfs_fop_write+0xfa/0x1b0 > #4: 00000000bfb796b5 (&tb->lock){+.+.}, at: authorized_store+0x7c/0x210 > > stack backtrace: > CPU: 0 PID: 1258 Comm: pool-/usr/lib/b Tainted: G T 5.3.0-rc6+ #1 > > > Thanks, > Dominik