I have 2.6.26-rc2-mm1 with Rik's splitvm patches. While booting the kernel, I ran into the following. I searched my email quickly to see that no one else has reported this problem. Lockdep seems to be complaining about the same lock being held at the same location (the message is a bit confusing to me). ============================================= [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] 2.6.26-rc2-mm1 #2 --------------------------------------------- insmod/1072 is trying to acquire lock: (&cls->mutex){--..}, at: [<ffffffff803eb2cc>] device_add+0x46e/0x5d7 but task is already holding lock: (&cls->mutex){--..}, at: [<ffffffff803eb2cc>] device_add+0x46e/0x5d7 other info that might help us debug this: 3 locks held by insmod/1072: #0: (&ioc->sas_discovery_mutex){--..}, at: [<ffffffffa003e7e9>] mptsas_probe+0x3a1/0x442 [mptsas] #1: (&shost->scan_mutex){--..}, at: [<ffffffff80466cbd>] scsi_scan_target+0x71/0xb0 #2: (&cls->mutex){--..}, at: [<ffffffff803eb2cc>] device_add+0x46e/0x5d7 stack backtrace: Pid: 1072, comm: insmod Not tainted 2.6.26-rc2-mm1 #2 Call Trace: [<ffffffff80254545>] __lock_acquire+0x911/0xc4c [<ffffffff80254835>] ? __lock_acquire+0xc01/0xc4c [<ffffffff803eb2cc>] ? device_add+0x46e/0x5d7 [<ffffffff8025490e>] lock_acquire+0x8e/0xb2 [<ffffffff803eb2cc>] ? device_add+0x46e/0x5d7 [<ffffffff8059e067>] mutex_lock_nested+0xf2/0x27f [<ffffffff803eb2cc>] ? device_add+0x46e/0x5d7 [<ffffffff8059f80b>] ? _spin_unlock+0x26/0x2a [<ffffffff803eb2cc>] device_add+0x46e/0x5d7 [<ffffffff803eb44e>] device_register+0x19/0x1d [<ffffffff803eb531>] device_create+0xdf/0x110 [<ffffffff80253794>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xf9/0x124 [<ffffffff802537cc>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0xf [<ffffffff8059df73>] ? mutex_unlock+0x9/0xb [<ffffffff803eed13>] ? kobj_map+0x119/0x12e [<ffffffff802a4488>] ? exact_lock+0x0/0x14 [<ffffffff802a4364>] ? exact_match+0x0/0x9 [<ffffffff80488bb4>] sg_add+0x262/0x394 [<ffffffff8059f80b>] ? _spin_unlock+0x26/0x2a [<ffffffff803eb31b>] device_add+0x4bd/0x5d7 [<ffffffff80467d9b>] scsi_sysfs_add_sdev+0xde/0x200 [<ffffffff80465feb>] scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0x847/0x977 [<ffffffff8046639d>] __scsi_scan_target+0xbf/0x522 [<ffffffff80253794>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xf9/0x124 [<ffffffff80250b9d>] ? debug_mutex_free_waiter+0x46/0x4a [<ffffffff8059e1e5>] ? mutex_lock_nested+0x270/0x27f [<ffffffff80466cbd>] ? scsi_scan_target+0x71/0xb0 [<ffffffff80466ce8>] scsi_scan_target+0x9c/0xb0 [<ffffffffa001ad60>] :scsi_transport_sas:sas_rphy_add+0x14c/0x15b [<ffffffffa003cc17>] :mptsas:mptsas_probe_one_phy+0x364/0x3a9 [<ffffffffa003d651>] :mptsas:mptsas_probe_hba_phys+0x5bb/0x614 [<ffffffffa0028aeb>] ? :mptbase:mpt_timer_expired+0x0/0x2e [<ffffffffa0028aeb>] ? :mptbase:mpt_timer_expired+0x0/0x2e [<ffffffffa0028aeb>] ? :mptbase:mpt_timer_expired+0x0/0x2e [<ffffffffa003e7f1>] :mptsas:mptsas_probe+0x3a9/0x442 [<ffffffff8039126a>] pci_device_probe+0xbd/0x116 [<ffffffff803ed1f0>] driver_probe_device+0xdb/0x162 [<ffffffff803ed2c6>] __driver_attach+0x4f/0x79 [<ffffffff803ed277>] ? __driver_attach+0x0/0x79 [<ffffffff803ec832>] bus_for_each_dev+0x4d/0x7e [<ffffffff803ed01c>] driver_attach+0x1c/0x1e [<ffffffff803eccc0>] bus_add_driver+0xba/0x212 [<ffffffff803ed4a6>] driver_register+0x93/0x10a [<ffffffff80391526>] __pci_register_driver+0x73/0xad [<ffffffffa00450e2>] :mptsas:mptsas_init+0xe2/0xfa [<ffffffff8025c25e>] sys_init_module+0x9e/0x1b2 [<ffffffff8020b20b>] system_call_after_swapgs+0x7b/0x80 -- Warm Regards, Balbir Singh Linux Technology Center IBM, ISTL -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html