On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 15:11 +0530, Balbir Singh wrote: > 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). looks like device_add() recursing - most likely with a different device though. > ============================================= > [ 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 > > > -- 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