linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-rc7 lockdep warning when poweroff

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Date:	Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:41:28 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc7 lockdep warning when poweroff


On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 11:35 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > > When I "halt -p", lockdep warnings triggered as following (hand copy):
> > > 
> > > WARNING : at kernel/lockdep.c: 700 lookup_lock_class()
> > > 
> > > <snip>
> > > lock_acquire
> > > cleanup_workqueue_thread
> > > workqueue_cpu_callback
> > > notifier_call_chain
> > > __raw_notifier_call_chain
> > > raw_notifier_call_chain
> > > __cpu_down
> > > disable_nonboot_cpus
> > > kernel_power_off
> > > sys_reboot
> > > <snip>
> > 
> > My first guess would be a __create_workqueue_key() where a key is
> > re-used with a different workqueue name.
> 
> Hm, can you elaborate how you got there from the trace above? I don't
> think I'm following.

The warning that triggered (lockdep.c:700) means that one class (key)
was used with more than one name.

Looking at cleanup_workqueue_thread(), the lock_acquire() there works on
wq->lockdep_map, and that is only initialized at one spot:
__create_workqueue_key(), thus it stands to reason that that was
mis-used.



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