3.10.33 spits the following warning: [ 14.463408] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 14.463411] WARNING: at block/elevator.c:193 [ 14.463413] Modules linked in: vhost_net macvtap macvlan kvm dasd_eckd_mod dasd_mod zfcp scsi_transport_fc scsi_tgt qeth qdio ccwgroup dm_multipath sunrpc [ 14.463430] CPU: 10 PID: 18762 Comm: dasdconf.sh Tainted: G W 3.10.33+ #344 [ 14.463433] task: 00000004a4020000 ti: 00000004cfca8000 task.ti: 00000004cfca8000 [ 14.463435] Krnl PSW : 0704c00180000000 00000000003c6d56 (elevator_init+0xfe/0x144) [ 14.463441] R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:0 PM:0 EA:3 Krnl GPRS: 0000000000000000 00000004a4020000 0000000000000000 00000004d199f028 [ 14.463446] 000000000019b4ae 0000000000000f13 0000000000000000 00000004ddcbb038 [ 14.463449] 00000004ddcbb000 ffffffff00000000 00000004bfcfd850 00000004b820c800 [ 14.463451] 000003ff801bcd2a 00000004d199e440 00000000003c6d4c 00000004cfcabb10 [ 14.463460] Krnl Code: 00000000003c6d46: c0e5ffeea38f brasl %r14,19b464 00000000003c6d4c: ec26ff9f007e cij %r2,0,6,3c6c8a #00000000003c6d52: a7f40001 brc 15,3c6d54 >00000000003c6d56: a7f4ff9a brc 15,3c6c8a 00000000003c6d5a: c020008b0327 larl %r2,15273a8 00000000003c6d60: a7390000 lghi %r3,0 00000000003c6d64: c0e5fffffb58 brasl %r14,3c6414 00000000003c6d6a: b9040012 lgr %r1,%r2 [ 14.463481] Call Trace: [ 14.463482] ([<00000000003c6d4c>] elevator_init+0xf4/0x144) [ 14.463486] [<000003ff801b4daa>] dasd_change_state+0x36a/0xbe0 [dasd_mod] [ 14.463492] [<000003ff801b56b6>] dasd_set_target_state+0x96/0x110 [dasd_mod] [ 14.463498] [<000003ff801b5bc8>] dasd_generic_set_online+0xc4/0x2e4 [dasd_mod] [ 14.463503] [<00000000004d2ecc>] ccw_device_set_online+0xcc/0x4e0 [ 14.463507] [<00000000004d3336>] online_store_recog_and_online+0x56/0x12c [ 14.463510] [<00000000004d58fa>] online_store+0x1b2/0x248 [ 14.463514] [<00000000002f1b38>] sysfs_write_file+0xe4/0x188 [ 14.463517] [<0000000000270a26>] vfs_write+0xa6/0x1cc [ 14.463520] [<0000000000270f68>] SyS_write+0x60/0xac [ 14.463523] [<0000000000636a9c>] sysc_nr_ok+0x22/0x28 [ 14.463526] [<000003fffd6a8984>] 0x3fffd6a8984 [ 14.463529] 4 locks held by dasdconf.sh/18762: [ 14.463531] #0: (sb_writers#3){.+.+.+}, at: [<0000000000270b3e>] vfs_write+0x1be/0x1cc [ 14.463539] #1: (&buffer->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<00000000002f1a9a>] sysfs_write_file+0x46/0x188 [ 14.463546] #2: (s_active#28){.+.+.+}, at: [<00000000002f1b16>] sysfs_write_file+0xc2/0x188 [ 14.463554] #3: (&device->state_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<000003ff801b566c>] dasd_set_target_state+0x4c/0x110 [dasd_mod] [ 14.463563] Last Breaking-Event-Address: [ 14.463565] [<00000000003c6d52>] elevator_init+0xfa/0x144 [ 14.463568] ---[ end trace 3ec4802a2d4e0d3e ]--- So I guess we should pull in commit ef0899410ff630b2e75306da49996dbbfa318165 Author: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu Oct 31 13:24:28 2013 +0100 Commit: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Fri Nov 8 09:10:29 2013 -0700 s390/dasd: hold request queue sysfs lock when calling elevator_init() for 3.10.34 or later. I can confirm that this patch fixes the issue. Thanks Christian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html