Hi Bob, With the rdma-for-next branch (commit 9c477178a0a1 ("RDMA/rtrs-clt: Fix one kernel-doc comment")) I see the following: ================================ WARNING: inconsistent lock state 5.18.0-dbg #4 Not tainted -------------------------------- inconsistent {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} usage. ksoftirqd/2/25 [HC0[0]:SC1[1]:HE0:SE0] takes: ffff888116f0d350 (&xa->xa_lock#12){+.?.}-{2:2}, at: rxe_pool_get_index+0x73/0x170 [rdma_rxe] {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} state was registered at: __lock_acquire+0x45b/0xce0 lock_acquire+0x18a/0x450 _raw_spin_lock+0x34/0x50 __rxe_add_to_pool+0xcc/0x140 [rdma_rxe] rxe_alloc_pd+0x2d/0x40 [rdma_rxe] __ib_alloc_pd+0xa3/0x270 [ib_core] ib_mad_port_open+0x44a/0x790 [ib_core] ib_mad_init_device+0x8e/0x110 [ib_core] add_client_context+0x26a/0x330 [ib_core] enable_device_and_get+0x169/0x2b0 [ib_core] ib_register_device+0x26f/0x330 [ib_core] rxe_register_device+0x1b4/0x1d0 [rdma_rxe] rxe_add+0x8c/0xc0 [rdma_rxe] rxe_net_add+0x5b/0x90 [rdma_rxe] rxe_newlink+0x71/0x80 [rdma_rxe] nldev_newlink+0x21e/0x370 [ib_core] rdma_nl_rcv_msg+0x200/0x410 [ib_core] rdma_nl_rcv+0x140/0x220 [ib_core] netlink_unicast+0x307/0x460 netlink_sendmsg+0x422/0x750 __sys_sendto+0x1c2/0x250 __x64_sys_sendto+0x7f/0x90 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae irq event stamp: 71543 hardirqs last enabled at (71542): [<ffffffff810cdc28>] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x88/0xf0 hardirqs last disabled at (71543): [<ffffffff81e9d67d>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x5d/0x60 softirqs last enabled at (71532): [<ffffffff82200467>] __do_softirq+0x467/0x6e1 softirqs last disabled at (71537): [<ffffffff810cda47>] run_ksoftirqd+0x37/0x60 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock(&xa->xa_lock#12); <Interrupt> lock(&xa->xa_lock#12); *** DEADLOCK *** no locks held by ksoftirqd/2/25. stack backtrace: CPU: 2 PID: 25 Comm: ksoftirqd/2 Not tainted 5.18.0-dbg #4 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b-rebuilt.opensuse.org 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> show_stack+0x52/0x58 dump_stack_lvl+0x5b/0x82 dump_stack+0x10/0x12 print_usage_bug.part.0+0x29c/0x2ab mark_lock_irq.cold+0x54/0xbf mark_lock.part.0+0x3f5/0xa70 mark_usage+0x74/0x1a0 __lock_acquire+0x45b/0xce0 lock_acquire+0x18a/0x450 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x43/0x60 rxe_pool_get_index+0x73/0x170 [rdma_rxe] rxe_get_av+0xcc/0x140 [rdma_rxe] rxe_requester+0x34c/0xe60 [rdma_rxe] rxe_do_task+0xcc/0x140 [rdma_rxe] tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0x168/0x1b0 tasklet_action+0x42/0x60 __do_softirq+0x1d8/0x6e1 run_ksoftirqd+0x37/0x60 smpboot_thread_fn+0x302/0x410 kthread+0x183/0x1c0 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 </TASK> Is this perhaps the same issue as what I reported on May 6 (https://lore.kernel.org/all/cf8b9980-3965-a4f6-07e0-d4b25755b0db@xxxxxxx/)? Thanks, Bart.