Hi, I am running 4.11.0-rc5 kernel and did a kernel build and noticed following lockdep warning on console. Have not analyzed it. Lots of xfs in backtrace, so sending it to xfs mailing list. Thanks Vivek login: [ 4931.174758] [ 4931.175065] ================================= [ 4931.175731] [ INFO: inconsistent lock state ] [ 4931.176365] 4.11.0-rc5+ #87 Not tainted [ 4931.176920] --------------------------------- [ 4931.177537] inconsistent {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} -> {IN-RECLAIM_FS-W} usage. [ 4931.178463] kswapd0/128 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes: [ 4931.179198] (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#12){++++?+}, at: [<ffffffffa01fcb0a>] xfs_ilock+0x13a/0x210 [xfs] [ 4931.180584] {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} state was registered at: [ 4931.181320] mark_held_locks+0x6f/0xa0 [ 4931.181878] lockdep_trace_alloc+0x7d/0xe0 [ 4931.182474] kmem_cache_alloc+0x2f/0x2a0 [ 4931.183083] kmem_zone_alloc+0x81/0x120 [xfs] [ 4931.183739] xfs_trans_alloc+0x6c/0x130 [xfs] [ 4931.184407] xfs_setattr_nonsize+0x239/0x560 [xfs] [ 4931.185135] xfs_vn_setattr_nonsize+0x59/0x150 [xfs] [ 4931.185890] xfs_vn_setattr+0x22/0x70 [xfs] [ 4931.186503] notify_change+0x2ee/0x440 [ 4931.187058] chmod_common+0xc5/0x150 [ 4931.187582] SyS_fchmod+0x53/0x90 [ 4931.188077] do_syscall_64+0x6c/0x1f0 [ 4931.188616] return_from_SYSCALL_64+0x0/0x7a [ 4931.189238] irq event stamp: 397343 [ 4931.189739] hardirqs last enabled at (397343): [<ffffffff81135cca>] __call_rcu+0x1fa/0x340 [ 4931.190909] hardirqs last disabled at (397342): [<ffffffff81135b21>] __call_rcu+0x51/0x340 [ 4931.192070] softirqs last enabled at (397192): [<ffffffff818fb86d>] __do_softirq+0x38d/0x4c3 [ 4931.193263] softirqs last disabled at (397185): [<ffffffff810bae27>] irq_exit+0xf7/0x100 [ 4931.194397] [ 4931.194397] other info that might help us debug this: [ 4931.195318] Possible unsafe locking scenario: [ 4931.195318] [ 4931.196155] CPU0 [ 4931.196511] ---- [ 4931.196874] lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#12); [ 4931.197526] <Interrupt> [ 4931.197912] lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#12); [ 4931.198591] [ 4931.198591] *** DEADLOCK *** [ 4931.198591] [ 4931.199429] 2 locks held by kswapd0/128: [ 4931.199990] #0: (shrinker_rwsem){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff8121a16e>] shrink_slab.part.46+0x5e/0x600 [ 4931.201261] #1: (&type->s_umount_key#48){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff812aa54b>] trylock_super+0x1b/0x50 [ 4931.202832] [ 4931.202832] stack backtrace: [ 4931.203878] CPU: 2 PID: 128 Comm: kswapd0 Not tainted 4.11.0-rc5+ #87 [ 4931.204998] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.8.2-20150714_191134- 04/01/2014 [ 4931.206533] Call Trace: [ 4931.207114] dump_stack+0x86/0xc3 [ 4931.207807] print_usage_bug+0x1d0/0x1e0 [ 4931.208573] mark_lock+0x559/0x5c0 [ 4931.209274] ? print_shortest_lock_dependencies+0x1a0/0x1a0 [ 4931.210274] __lock_acquire+0x6ce/0x13c0 [ 4931.211049] lock_acquire+0xe3/0x1d0 [ 4931.211776] ? lock_acquire+0xe3/0x1d0 [ 4931.212556] ? xfs_ilock+0x13a/0x210 [xfs] [ 4931.213373] ? xfs_inactive+0xec/0x130 [xfs] [ 4931.214231] down_write_nested+0x46/0x80 [ 4931.215038] ? xfs_ilock+0x13a/0x210 [xfs] [ 4931.215851] xfs_ilock+0x13a/0x210 [xfs] [ 4931.216634] xfs_inactive+0xec/0x130 [xfs] [ 4931.217699] xfs_fs_destroy_inode+0xbb/0x2d0 [xfs] [ 4931.218594] destroy_inode+0x3b/0x60 [ 4931.219314] evict+0x139/0x1c0 [ 4931.220061] dispose_list+0x56/0x80 [ 4931.220765] prune_icache_sb+0x5a/0x80 [ 4931.221498] super_cache_scan+0x14e/0x1a0 [ 4931.222269] shrink_slab.part.46+0x216/0x600 [ 4931.223075] shrink_slab+0x29/0x30 [ 4931.223883] shrink_node+0x108/0x320 [ 4931.224588] kswapd+0x391/0x990 [ 4931.225246] kthread+0x10c/0x140 [ 4931.225902] ? mem_cgroup_shrink_node+0x300/0x300 [ 4931.226760] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x70/0x70 [ 4931.227579] ret_from_fork+0x31/0x40 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-xfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html