We recevied a bugzilla report: Additional info: reporter: libreport-2.6.3 WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 10195 at kernel/kmod.c:140 __request_module+0x214/0x330() Modules linked in: uas usb_storage xfs libcrc32c vhost_net vhost macvtap macvlan bnep bluetooth pppoe pppox ppp_generic slhc xt_CHECKSUM ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 tun ip6t_rpfilter ip6t_REJECT nf_reject_ipv6 xt_conntrack ebtable_nat ebtable_filter ebtable_broute bridge ebtables ip6table_nat nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_nat_ipv6 ip6table_raw ip6table_security ip6table_mangle ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack iptable_raw iptable_security iptable_mangle vfat fat joydev snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_intel btrfs snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_hwdep xor snd_seq raid6_pq intel_rapl iosf_mbi eeepc_wmi x86_pkg_temp_thermal coretemp iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support kvm_intel snd_seq_device asus_wmi sparse_keymap snd_pcm rfkill mxm_wmi kvm crct10dif_pclmul snd_timer crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel snd mei_me mei i2c_i801 lpc_ich soundcore shpchp soc_button_array tpm_infineon tpm_tis tpm wmi nfsd auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd grace sunrpc 8021q garp stp llc mrp i915 i2c_algo_bit serio_raw drm_kms_helper e1000e drm ptp pps_core fjes video CPU: 3 PID: 10195 Comm: kworker/u16:2 Not tainted 4.3.0-0.rc6.git2.1.fc24.x86_64 #1 Hardware name: ASUS All Series/Z87-PLUS, BIOS 1207 07/01/2013 Workqueue: events_unbound async_run_entry_fn 0000000000000000 0000000059576eea ffff880227a67b58 ffffffff81419a49 0000000000000000 ffff880227a67b90 ffffffff810a9c12 ffffffff81ce2ee5 0000000000000001 ffff88003f587000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 Call Trace: [<ffffffff81419a49>] dump_stack+0x4b/0x72 [<ffffffff810a9c12>] warn_slowpath_common+0x82/0xc0 [<ffffffff810a9d5a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [<ffffffff810c3f64>] __request_module+0x214/0x330 [<ffffffff81123a8d>] ? debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled+0x1d/0x20 [<ffffffff815bb32e>] scsi_dh_lookup+0x2e/0x40 [<ffffffff815bb870>] scsi_dh_add_device+0xd0/0x100 [<ffffffff815b766e>] scsi_sysfs_add_sdev+0xbe/0x2a0 [<ffffffff815a82e6>] ? __scsi_iterate_devices+0x66/0xd0 [<ffffffff815b5e5e>] do_scan_async+0x12e/0x170 [<ffffffff810d355a>] async_run_entry_fn+0x4a/0x140 [<ffffffff810c8470>] process_one_work+0x230/0x6a0 [<ffffffff810c83d9>] ? process_one_work+0x199/0x6a0 [<ffffffff810c892e>] worker_thread+0x4e/0x450 [<ffffffff810c88e0>] ? process_one_work+0x6a0/0x6a0 [<ffffffff810c88e0>] ? process_one_work+0x6a0/0x6a0 [<ffffffff810cf981>] kthread+0x101/0x120 [<ffffffff81104fb9>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x129/0x1b0 [<ffffffff810cf880>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x250/0x250 [<ffffffff81862a6f>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 [<ffffffff810cf880>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x250/0x250 The warning that is tripped is WARN_ON_ONCE(wait && current_is_async()); The module request is happening in an asynchronous thread but the request is waiting. Switch to request_module_nowait instead. Fixes: 566079c849cf ("dm-mpath, scsi_dh: request scsi_dh modules in scsi_dh, not dm-mpath") Reported-by: mustafa1024m@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Not actually tested, just an attempt at a patch from the backtrace --- drivers/scsi/scsi_dh.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_dh.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_dh.c index 0a2168e..5c945b4 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_dh.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_dh.c @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static struct scsi_device_handler *scsi_dh_lookup(const char *name) dh = __scsi_dh_lookup(name); if (!dh) { - request_module("scsi_dh_%s", name); + request_module_nowait("scsi_dh_%s", name); dh = __scsi_dh_lookup(name); } -- 2.4.3 -- 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