Lockdep warning is seen when driver is handling a topology change event after drive removal. Starting queue eventually enables irq, which throws lockdep warning in scsi_request_fn. This change makes starting queues async. ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at kernel/lockdep.c:2593 trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x1bc/0x1d0() DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(current->hardirq_context) CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G O 3.11.10-dbg-DEV #1 Hardware name: Intel Grantley,Wellsburg/Ixion_QC_15, BIOS 2.50.0 01/21/2016 0000000000000000 ffff881fff803b28 ffffffffa4ea1bd5 ffff881fff803b78 ffffffffa491bdcc ffff881fff803b68 ffffffffa48ae464 00000000cc6405a0 0000000000000000 ffffffffa4805a50 ffff881f9b3ae000 0000000000000000 Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffffa4ea1bd5>] dump_stack+0x68/0x91 [<ffffffffa491bdcc>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x1bc/0x1d0 [<ffffffffa48ae464>] warn_slowpath_common+0x94/0xc0 [<ffffffffa4805a50>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x30/0x50 [<ffffffffa48ae546>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50 [<ffffffffa491bdcc>] trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x1bc/0x1d0 [<ffffffffa491bded>] trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10 [<ffffffffa4805a50>] _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x30/0x50 [<ffffffffa4c5398f>] scsi_request_fn+0xaf/0x720 [<ffffffffa4b66907>] __blk_run_queue+0x37/0x50 [<ffffffffa4b66f1e>] blk_start_queue+0x3e/0x80 [<ffffffffa4c52d7f>] scsi_internal_device_unblock+0x3f/0x90 [<ffffffffc0358357>] _scsih_ublock_io_device+0x87/0xd0 [mpt2sas] [<ffffffffc035c105>] _scsih_tm_tr_send+0x185/0x340 [mpt2sas] [<ffffffffc0362e10>] mpt2sas_scsih_event_callback+0x3e0/0x840 [mpt2sas] [<ffffffffc034e0ba>] _base_interrupt+0x2fa/0x950 [mpt2sas] [<ffffffffa491bcbb>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xab/0x1d0 [<ffffffffa491bded>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10 [<ffffffffa4950784>] handle_irq_event_percpu+0x74/0x230 [<ffffffffa4950988>] handle_irq_event+0x48/0x70 [<ffffffffa495315e>] ? handle_edge_irq+0x1e/0x110 [<ffffffffa49531b7>] handle_edge_irq+0x77/0x110 [<ffffffffa4857d82>] handle_irq+0x22/0x40 [<ffffffffa4805e9f>] do_IRQ+0x7f/0x110 [<ffffffffa4ea3f2f>] common_interrupt+0x6f/0x6f <EOI> [<ffffffffa4d3fe8c>] ? __cpuidle_enter_state+0x7c/0x120 [<ffffffffa4d3fe87>] ? __cpuidle_enter_state+0x77/0x120 [<ffffffffa4d40105>] cpuidle_enter_state+0xd5/0x250 [<ffffffffa4909aa8>] cpu_startup_entry+0xb8/0x1e0 [<ffffffffa4e98536>] rest_init+0xd6/0xe0 [<ffffffffa4e98465>] ? rest_init+0x5/0xe0 [<ffffffffa5874ec1>] start_kernel+0x3ed/0x3fa [<ffffffffa58748d0>] ? repair_env_string+0x5e/0x5e [<ffffffffa58745a5>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x2c [<ffffffffa58746b0>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x109/0x10d ---[ end trace 46d48ef4760a5d9c ]-- Signed-off-by: Vikram Auradkar <auradkar@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c index e9b4f279d29c..72c90233f261 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c @@ -3178,7 +3178,7 @@ void scsi_start_queue(struct scsi_device *sdev) blk_mq_unquiesce_queue(q); } else { spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags); - blk_start_queue(q); + blk_start_queue_async(q); spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags); } } -- 2.17.0.441.gb46fe60e1d-goog