linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Re: [2.6.20] BUG: workqueue leaked lock

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Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:16:35 +0300
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>
Cc:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Folkert van Heusden <folkert@...heusden.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: [2.6.20] BUG: workqueue leaked lock

On 03/21, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> On 03/21, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> >
> > So, if
> > you have another idea for looking after it, let us know.
>
> No, I don't.

Perhaps we can add lockdep_depth() checks to laundromat_main/nfs4_laundromat
to rule out workqueue.c. According to the trace, we return with client_mutex
held, this seems impossible. So we can also print the value of mutex_is_locked()
if lockdep_depth() != 0.

Oleg.

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