Using mutex_acquire_nest() as used in __ww_mutex_lock() fixes the splat below. Remove superfluous line break in __ww_mutex_lock() as well. [ 56.999063] ============================================= [ 56.999063] [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] [ 56.999065] 3.14.4-rt5 #26 Not tainted [ 56.999065] --------------------------------------------- [ 56.999067] Xorg/4298 is trying to acquire lock: [ 56.999107] (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa02b4270>] nouveau_gem_ioctl_pushbuf+0x870/0x19f0 [nouveau] [ 56.999107] but task is already holding lock: [ 56.999130] (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa02b4270>] nouveau_gem_ioctl_pushbuf+0x870/0x19f0 [nouveau] [ 56.999131] other info that might help us debug this: [ 56.999131] Possible unsafe locking scenario: [ 56.999132] CPU0 [ 56.999132] ---- [ 56.999133] lock(reservation_ww_class_mutex); [ 56.999134] lock(reservation_ww_class_mutex); [ 56.999134] *** DEADLOCK *** [ 56.999135] May be due to missing lock nesting notation [ 56.999136] 3 locks held by Xorg/4298: [ 56.999160] #0: (&cli->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa02b597b>] nouveau_abi16_get+0x2b/0x100 [nouveau] [ 56.999174] #1: (reservation_ww_class_acquire){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffffa0160cd2>] drm_ioctl+0x4d2/0x610 [drm] [ 56.999197] #2: (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa02b4270>] nouveau_gem_ioctl_pushbuf+0x870/0x19f0 [nouveau] [ 56.999198] stack backtrace: [ 56.999200] CPU: 1 PID: 4298 Comm: Xorg Not tainted 3.14.4-rt5 #26 [ 56.999200] Hardware name: MEDIONPC MS-7502/MS-7502, BIOS 6.00 PG 12/26/2007 [ 56.999203] ffffffff820309b0 ffff8802217a9ac8 ffffffff8157e53e ffffffff820309b0 [ 56.999205] ffff8802217a9b90 ffffffff810964ce ffff8802217a9b40 0000000000000246 [ 56.999207] 0000000000000003 ffffffff8204f130 0001e09300000000 0001e093347523a9 [ 56.999207] Call Trace: [ 56.999212] [<ffffffff8157e53e>] dump_stack+0x4f/0x9d [ 56.999215] [<ffffffff810964ce>] __lock_acquire+0x169e/0x1a50 [ 56.999218] [<ffffffff81588da9>] ? preempt_count_sub+0x49/0x50 [ 56.999219] [<ffffffff81584541>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x31/0x60 [ 56.999221] [<ffffffff8109701d>] lock_acquire+0x8d/0x140 [ 56.999243] [<ffffffffa02b4270>] ? nouveau_gem_ioctl_pushbuf+0x870/0x19f0 [nouveau] [ 56.999246] [<ffffffff8158313d>] __ww_mutex_lock_interruptible+0x3d/0xf0 [ 56.999268] [<ffffffffa02b4270>] ? nouveau_gem_ioctl_pushbuf+0x870/0x19f0 [nouveau] [ 56.999290] [<ffffffffa02b4270>] nouveau_gem_ioctl_pushbuf+0x870/0x19f0 [nouveau] [ 56.999298] [<ffffffffa0160cd2>] ? drm_ioctl+0x4d2/0x610 [drm] [ 56.999308] [<ffffffffa0160cd2>] drm_ioctl+0x4d2/0x610 [drm] [ 56.999311] [<ffffffff81588da9>] ? preempt_count_sub+0x49/0x50 [ 56.999313] [<ffffffff8107cd60>] ? migrate_enable+0xe0/0x1e0 [ 56.999335] [<ffffffffa02aaece>] nouveau_drm_ioctl+0x4e/0x90 [nouveau] [ 56.999338] [<ffffffff81185ff0>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x300/0x530 [ 56.999340] [<ffffffff8158d33b>] ? sysret_check+0x1b/0x56 [ 56.999342] [<ffffffff81094a8d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10d/0x1d0 [ 56.999344] [<ffffffff81186261>] SyS_ioctl+0x41/0x80 [ 56.999345] [<ffffffff8158d316>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@xxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c +++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c @@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ __ww_mutex_lock_interruptible(struct ww_ might_sleep(); - mutex_acquire(&lock->base.dep_map, 0, 0, _RET_IP_); + mutex_acquire_nest(&lock->base.dep_map, 0, 0, &ww_ctx->dep_map, _RET_IP_); ret = rt_mutex_slowlock(&lock->base.lock, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, NULL, 0, ww_ctx); if (ret) mutex_release(&lock->base.dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_); @@ -1798,8 +1798,7 @@ __ww_mutex_lock(struct ww_mutex *lock, s might_sleep(); - mutex_acquire_nest(&lock->base.dep_map, 0, 0, &ww_ctx->dep_map, - _RET_IP_); + mutex_acquire_nest(&lock->base.dep_map, 0, 0, &ww_ctx->dep_map, _RET_IP_); ret = rt_mutex_slowlock(&lock->base.lock, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, NULL, 0, ww_ctx); if (ret) mutex_release(&lock->base.dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html