linux-kernel - Potential iwlwifi locking problem in 2.6.26-git9

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Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:36:30 -0400
From:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....EDU>
To:	yi.zhu@...el.com, reinette.chatre@...el.com,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Potential iwlwifi locking problem in 2.6.26-git9


Is this a new one?  I don't think I've seen this on LKML....

      	      	    	       	    	    - Ted

[  728.456792] 
[  728.456795] =============================================
[  728.456810] [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ]
[  728.456818] 2.6.26-05781-g44ea66a #25
[  728.456823] ---------------------------------------------
[  728.456830] NetworkManager/8287 is trying to acquire lock:
[  728.456836]  (&dev->addr_list_lock){-...}, at: [<c028c81e>] dev_mc_sync+0x1c/0x59
[  728.456867] 
[  728.456869] but task is already holding lock:
[  728.456875]  (&dev->addr_list_lock){-...}, at: [<c0287ffe>] dev_set_rx_mode+0x19/0x2b
[  728.456894] 
[  728.456895] other info that might help us debug this:
[  728.456902] 2 locks held by NetworkManager/8287:
[  728.456908]  #0:  (rtnl_mutex){--..}, at: [<c029150a>] rtnl_lock+0x14/0x16
[  728.456929]  #1:  (&dev->addr_list_lock){-...}, at: [<c0287ffe>] dev_set_rx_mode+0x19/0x2b
[  728.456949] 
[  728.456951] stack backtrace:
[  728.456961] Pid: 8287, comm: NetworkManager Not tainted 2.6.26-05781-g44ea66a #25
[  728.456999]  [<c014568e>] __lock_acquire+0x99f/0xcc5
[  728.457037]  [<c0144924>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0xd
[  728.457054]  [<c01448ce>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xd2/0x11d
[  728.457076]  [<c0145da6>] lock_acquire+0x6a/0x90
[  728.457091]  [<c028c81e>] ? dev_mc_sync+0x1c/0x59
[  728.457109]  [<c02f7189>] _spin_lock_bh+0x26/0x53
[  728.457126]  [<c028c81e>] ? dev_mc_sync+0x1c/0x59
[  728.457143]  [<c028c81e>] dev_mc_sync+0x1c/0x59
[  728.457159]  [<f90bebd6>] ieee80211_set_multicast_list+0xca/0xd2 [mac80211]
[  728.457223]  [<c0287f6c>] __dev_set_rx_mode+0x7e/0x81
[  728.457239]  [<c0288005>] dev_set_rx_mode+0x20/0x2b
[  728.457255]  [<c028ad54>] dev_open+0x84/0x9e
[  728.457269]  [<c0288e9d>] dev_change_flags+0xa1/0x14f
[  728.457286]  [<c0290af3>] do_setlink+0x250/0x300
[  728.457308]  [<c02f7000>] ? _read_unlock+0x22/0x25
[  728.457327]  [<c0291a8f>] rtnl_setlink+0xa9/0xc1
[  728.457364]  [<c01448e4>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xe8/0x11d
[  728.457384]  [<c02919e6>] ? rtnl_setlink+0x0/0xc1
[  728.457401]  [<c02916c7>] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x197/0x1b1
[  728.457424]  [<c0291530>] ? rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x0/0x1b1
[  728.457441]  [<c029e55d>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x35/0x7a
[  728.457460]  [<c0291528>] rtnetlink_rcv+0x1c/0x24
[  728.457476]  [<c029e381>] netlink_unicast+0x1ad/0x20e
[  728.457499]  [<c029eaca>] netlink_sendmsg+0x248/0x255
[  728.457530]  [<c027e91d>] sock_sendmsg+0xe3/0xfe
[  728.457562]  [<c0138a71>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x35
[  728.457583]  [<c010878a>] ? native_sched_clock+0xd5/0xf4
[  728.457609]  [<c010857f>] ? sched_clock+0xb/0x1c
[  728.457628]  [<c0142ca9>] ? lock_release_holdtime+0x3f/0x44
[  728.457652]  [<c0208670>] ? copy_from_user+0x45/0x68
[  728.457672]  [<c02852d6>] ? verify_iovec+0x45/0x73
[  728.457693]  [<c027ea8a>] sys_sendmsg+0x152/0x1ad
[  728.457713]  [<c027f541>] ? sys_recvmsg+0x177/0x184
[  728.457734]  [<c019136e>] ? fget_light+0x95/0xb5
[  728.457757]  [<c02088db>] ? copy_to_user+0x47/0x50
[  728.457776]  [<c027f3b2>] ? move_addr_to_user+0x5b/0x73
[  728.457796]  [<c027f717>] ? sys_getsockname+0x70/0x7b
[  728.457814]  [<c02f702d>] ? _spin_unlock_bh+0x2a/0x2d
[  728.457831]  [<c028045d>] ? release_sock+0xb3/0xbb
[  728.457851]  [<c0281909>] ? sock_setsockopt+0x49d/0x4a8
[  728.457874]  [<c0191384>] ? fget_light+0xab/0xb5
[  728.457909]  [<c027fa05>] sys_socketcall+0x168/0x183
[  728.457935]  [<c0103a0b>] sysenter_past_esp+0x78/0xc5
[  728.457969]  =======================
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