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Date:	Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:03:59 +0200
From:	Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys@...p.net.lb>
To:	<tomas.winkler@...el.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Intel management, circular locking warning

Hi

Just tried to run latest 3.6.6 32bit kernel on my server farm and got 
circular locking warning:
Please let me know if you need more information.

[    4.359176]
[    4.359316] ======================================================
[    4.359461] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
[    4.359612] 3.6.6-build-0063 #21 Not tainted
[    4.359763] -------------------------------------------------------
[    4.359916] watchdog/1375 is trying to acquire lock:
[    4.360060]  (&dev->device_lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<f8790075>] 
mei_wd_ops_start+0x2d/0x75 [mei]
[    4.360530]
[    4.360530] but task is already holding lock:
[    4.360770]  (&wdd->lock){+.+...}, at: [<c02c9661>] 
watchdog_start+0x19/0x53
[    4.361113]
[    4.361113] which lock already depends on the new lock.
[    4.361113]
[    4.361454]
[    4.361454] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[    4.361701]
[    4.361701] -> #2 (&wdd->lock){+.+...}:
[    4.361841]        [<c01608b4>] lock_acquire+0x71/0x85
[    4.361845]        [<c0360eb8>] __mutex_lock_common+0x44/0x2e2
[    4.361848]        [<c03611d8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x20/0x22
[    4.361850]        [<c02c9661>] watchdog_start+0x19/0x53
[    4.361851]        [<c02c9808>] watchdog_open+0x5c/0xa1
[    4.361853]        [<c0294000>] misc_open+0xf5/0x14f
[    4.361855]        [<c01ad941>] chrdev_open+0x106/0x124
[    4.361857]        [<c01a93fd>] do_dentry_open.clone.16+0x12a/0x1c6
[    4.361859]        [<c01a94b1>] finish_open+0x18/0x22
[    4.361860]        [<c01b4d34>] do_last.clone.35+0x6fb/0x865
[    4.361862]        [<c01b4f37>] path_openat+0x99/0x2c3
[    4.361864]        [<c01b5380>] do_filp_open+0x26/0x67
[    4.361865]        [<c01a9efb>] do_sys_open+0x5b/0xe6
[    4.361867]        [<c01a9fac>] sys_open+0x26/0x2c
[    4.361868]        [<c0362e31>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
[    4.361870]
[    4.361870] -> #1 (misc_mtx){+.+.+.}:
[    4.361871]        [<c01608b4>] lock_acquire+0x71/0x85
[    4.361873]        [<c0360eb8>] __mutex_lock_common+0x44/0x2e2
[    4.361876]        [<c03611d8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x20/0x22
[    4.361877]        [<c02941aa>] misc_register+0x1f/0xfd
[    4.361879]        [<c02c9ba7>] watchdog_dev_register+0x22/0xef
[    4.361880]        [<c02c952f>] watchdog_register_device+0xa0/0x165
[    4.361883]        [<f87904ff>] mei_watchdog_register+0x13/0x41 
[mei]
[    4.361885]        [<f878d169>] 
mei_interrupt_thread_handler+0x2fd/0x12b8 [mei]
[    4.361887]        [<c016c553>] irq_thread_fn+0x13/0x25
[    4.361888]        [<c016c2f8>] irq_thread+0x9e/0x138
[    4.361891]        [<c0140725>] kthread+0x59/0x5e
[    4.361892]        [<c0363aba>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0xd
[    4.361894]
[    4.361894] -> #0 (&dev->device_lock){+.+.+.}:
[    4.361895]        [<c016026e>] __lock_acquire+0x9a3/0xc27
[    4.361897]        [<c01608b4>] lock_acquire+0x71/0x85
[    4.361898]        [<c0360eb8>] __mutex_lock_common+0x44/0x2e2
[    4.361900]        [<c03611d8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x20/0x22
[    4.361902]        [<f8790075>] mei_wd_ops_start+0x2d/0x75 [mei]
[    4.361904]        [<c02c967f>] watchdog_start+0x37/0x53
[    4.361905]        [<c02c9808>] watchdog_open+0x5c/0xa1
[    4.361907]        [<c0294000>] misc_open+0xf5/0x14f
[    4.361908]        [<c01ad941>] chrdev_open+0x106/0x124
[    4.361909]        [<c01a93fd>] do_dentry_open.clone.16+0x12a/0x1c6
[    4.361910]        [<c01a94b1>] finish_open+0x18/0x22
[    4.361912]        [<c01b4d34>] do_last.clone.35+0x6fb/0x865
[    4.361914]        [<c01b4f37>] path_openat+0x99/0x2c3
[    4.361915]        [<c01b5380>] do_filp_open+0x26/0x67
[    4.361916]        [<c01a9efb>] do_sys_open+0x5b/0xe6
[    4.361918]        [<c01a9fac>] sys_open+0x26/0x2c
[    4.361919]        [<c0362e31>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
[    4.361919]
[    4.361919] other info that might help us debug this:
[    4.361919]
[    4.361921] Chain exists of:
[    4.361921]   &dev->device_lock --> misc_mtx --> &wdd->lock
[    4.361921]
[    4.361921]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
[    4.361921]
[    4.361922]        CPU0                    CPU1
[    4.361922]        ----                    ----
[    4.361923]   lock(&wdd->lock);
[    4.361924]                                lock(misc_mtx);
[    4.361924]                                lock(&wdd->lock);
[    4.361925]   lock(&dev->device_lock);
[    4.361926]
[    4.361926]  *** DEADLOCK ***
[    4.361926]
[    4.361926] 2 locks held by watchdog/1375:
[    4.361929]  #0:  (misc_mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<c0293f28>] 
misc_open+0x1d/0x14f
[    4.361931]  #1:  (&wdd->lock){+.+...}, at: [<c02c9661>] 
watchdog_start+0x19/0x53
[    4.361932]
[    4.361932] stack backtrace:
[    4.361933] Pid: 1375, comm: watchdog Not tainted 3.6.6-build-0063 
#21
[    4.361933] Call Trace:
[    4.361936]  [<c015ec57>] print_circular_bug+0x1ac/0x1b6
[    4.361937]  [<c016026e>] __lock_acquire+0x9a3/0xc27
[    4.361940]  [<c015f736>] ? mark_lock+0x26/0x1bb
[    4.361941]  [<c01608b4>] lock_acquire+0x71/0x85
[    4.361943]  [<f8790075>] ? mei_wd_ops_start+0x2d/0x75 [mei]
[    4.361945]  [<c0360eb8>] __mutex_lock_common+0x44/0x2e2
[    4.361947]  [<f8790075>] ? mei_wd_ops_start+0x2d/0x75 [mei]
[    4.361949]  [<c036114c>] ? __mutex_lock_common+0x2d8/0x2e2
[    4.361951]  [<c0160c8d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10e/0x13f
[    4.361953]  [<c03611d8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x20/0x22
[    4.361955]  [<f8790075>] ? mei_wd_ops_start+0x2d/0x75 [mei]
[    4.361957]  [<f8790075>] mei_wd_ops_start+0x2d/0x75 [mei]
[    4.361959]  [<c02c967f>] watchdog_start+0x37/0x53
[    4.361960]  [<c02c9808>] watchdog_open+0x5c/0xa1
[    4.361962]  [<c0294000>] misc_open+0xf5/0x14f
[    4.361963]  [<c01ad941>] chrdev_open+0x106/0x124
[    4.361964]  [<c01ad83b>] ? cdev_put+0x1a/0x1a
[    4.361966]  [<c01a93fd>] do_dentry_open.clone.16+0x12a/0x1c6
[    4.361967]  [<c01a94b1>] finish_open+0x18/0x22
[    4.361969]  [<c01b4d34>] do_last.clone.35+0x6fb/0x865
[    4.361970]  [<c01b2f73>] ? inode_permission+0x3f/0x41
[    4.361972]  [<c01b4f37>] path_openat+0x99/0x2c3
[    4.361974]  [<c01b5380>] do_filp_open+0x26/0x67
[    4.361977]  [<c01be06c>] ? alloc_fd+0xb7/0xc2
[    4.361979]  [<c01a9efb>] do_sys_open+0x5b/0xe6
[    4.361980]  [<c01a9fac>] sys_open+0x26/0x2c
[    4.361981]  [<c0362e31>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb



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Denys Fedoryshchenko, Network Engineer, Virtual ISP S.A.L.
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