linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.33-rc3 -- INFO: possible recursive locking -- (s_active){++++.+}, at: [<c10d2941>] sysfs_hash_and

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Message-ID: <2375c9f91001100058w4bac1cf9s183fc37eafbfde75@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:58:56 +0800
From:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Miles Lane <miles.lane@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.33-rc3 -- INFO: possible recursive locking -- 
	(s_active){++++.+}, at: [<c10d2941>] sysfs_hash_and_remove+0x3d/0x4f

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 07:54:59AM -0500, Miles Lane wrote:
> >[ 6967.926563] ACPI: Preparing to enter system sleep state S3
> >[ 6967.956156] Disabling non-boot CPUs ...
> >[ 6967.970401]
> >[ 6967.970408] =============================================
> >[ 6967.970419] [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ]
> >[ 6967.970431] 2.6.33-rc2-git6 #27
> >[ 6967.970439] ---------------------------------------------
> >[ 6967.970450] pm-suspend/22147 is trying to acquire lock:
> >[ 6967.970460]  (s_active){++++.+}, at: [<c10d2941>]
> >sysfs_hash_and_remove+0x3d/0x4f
> >[ 6967.970493]
> >[ 6967.970497] but task is already holding lock:
> >[ 6967.970506]  (s_active){++++.+}, at: [<c10d4110>]
> >sysfs_get_active_two+0x16/0x36
> >[ 6967.970531]
> >[ 6967.970535] other info that might help us debug this:
> >[ 6967.970547] 6 locks held by pm-suspend/22147:
> >[ 6967.970556]  #0:  (&buffer->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<c10d2ff3>]
> >sysfs_write_file+0x25/0xeb
> >[ 6967.970584]  #1:  (s_active){++++.+}, at: [<c10d4110>]
> >sysfs_get_active_two+0x16/0x36
> >[ 6967.970612]  #2:  (s_active){++++.+}, at: [<c10d411b>]
> >sysfs_get_active_two+0x21/0x36
> >[ 6967.970639]  #3:  (pm_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<c1056f00>] enter_state+0x26/0x114
> >[ 6967.970668]  #4:  (cpu_add_remove_lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<c102ea10>]
> >cpu_maps_update_begin+0xf/0x11
> >[ 6967.970697]  #5:  (cpu_hotplug.lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<c102ea3e>]
> >cpu_hotplug_begin+0x1d/0x40
> >[ 6967.970724]
> >[ 6967.970728] stack backtrace:
> >[ 6967.970740] Pid: 22147, comm: pm-suspend Not tainted 2.6.33-rc2-git6 #27
> >[ 6967.970751] Call Trace:
> >[ 6967.970771]  [<c12cc9bf>] ? printk+0xf/0x18
> >[ 6967.970791]  [<c104dcdb>] __lock_acquire+0x817/0xb6d
> >[ 6967.970812]  [<c104cbb2>] ? mark_held_locks+0x43/0x5b
> >[ 6967.970831]  [<c104cf4c>] ? debug_check_no_locks_freed+0xfd/0x107
> >[ 6967.970851]  [<c104ce1a>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x108/0x130
> >[ 6967.970871]  [<c104e08d>] lock_acquire+0x5c/0x73
> >[ 6967.970890]  [<c10d2941>] ? sysfs_hash_and_remove+0x3d/0x4f
> >[ 6967.970910]  [<c10d3ee6>] sysfs_addrm_finish+0x9a/0xfe
> >[ 6967.970929]  [<c10d2941>] ? sysfs_hash_and_remove+0x3d/0x4f
> >[ 6967.970953]  [<c10d2941>] sysfs_hash_and_remove+0x3d/0x4f
> >[ 6967.970974]  [<c10d4c11>] sysfs_remove_group+0x52/0x81
> >[ 6967.970993]  [<c12cab5d>] mc_cpu_callback+0x73/0x9a
> >[ 6967.971014]  [<c10427d0>] notifier_call_chain+0x51/0x78
> >[ 6967.971034]  [<c104285c>] __raw_notifier_call_chain+0xe/0x10
> >[ 6967.971054]  [<c12c094b>] _cpu_down+0x7a/0x235
> >[ 6967.971074]  [<c102eab9>] disable_nonboot_cpus+0x58/0xe0
> >[ 6967.971093]  [<c1056e20>] suspend_devices_and_enter+0xb9/0x173
> >[ 6967.971094]  [<c1056fa2>] enter_state+0xc8/0x114
> >[ 6967.971094]  [<c1056855>] state_store+0x93/0xa7
> >[ 6967.971094]  [<c10567c2>] ? state_store+0x0/0xa7
> >[ 6967.971094]  [<c1140595>] kobj_attr_store+0x16/0x22
> >[ 6967.971094]  [<c10d308e>] sysfs_write_file+0xc0/0xeb
> >[ 6967.971094]  [<c10d2fce>] ? sysfs_write_file+0x0/0xeb
> >[ 6967.971094]  [<c109511c>] vfs_write+0x80/0xdf
> >[ 6967.971094]  [<c109520f>] sys_write+0x3b/0x5d
> >[ 6967.971094]  [<c1002897>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x36
> >[ 6967.973262] CPU 1 is now offline
> >[ 6967.973271] lockdep: fixing up alternatives.
>
> Hmmm, does reverting commit 846f99749ab68b help?
>

Of course it will help, but the problem is not that. That patch helps
us to detect such a problem... I am still investigating. :-/
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