[2.6.33-rc4] sysfs lockdep warnings on cpu hotplug

From: Heiko Carstens
Date: Thu Jan 21 2010 - 10:53:42 EST


Hi Eric,

rumours are that you could be responsible for the following lockdep message:

Happens on cpu hotplug on s390:

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[ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ]
2.6.33-rc4-00399-g24bc734 #1
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bash/2576 is trying to acquire lock:
(s_active){++++.+}, at: [<000000000016c506>] sysfs_addrm_finish+0x5a/0xa8

but task is already holding lock:
(s_active){++++.+}, at: [<000000000016c90c>] sysfs_get_active_two+0x64/0x88

other info that might help us debug this:
5 locks held by bash/2576:
#0: (&buffer->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<000000000016a912>] sysfs_write_file+0x4a/0x1a8
#1: (s_active){++++.+}, at: [<000000000016c90c>] sysfs_get_active_two+0x64/0x88
#2: (s_active){++++.+}, at: [<000000000016c8e6>] sysfs_get_active_two+0x3e/0x88
#3: (cpu_add_remove_lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<00000000003dd318>] cpu_down+0x44/0x88
#4: (cpu_hotplug.lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<0000000000056eee>] cpu_hotplug_begin+0x3e/0x74

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 Not tainted 2.6.33-rc4-00399-g24bc734 #1
Process bash (pid: 2576, task: 000000003f0e25d0, ksp: 000000003d9339d8)
000000003d9338b0 000000003d933830 0000000000000002 0000000000000000
000000003d9338d0 000000003d933848 000000003d933848 00000000003e4996
0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000000003f0e2cb8 0000000000835208
000000000000000d 000000000000000c 000000003d933898 0000000000000000
0000000000000000 00000000000172aa 000000003d933830 000000003d933870
Call Trace:
([<00000000000171b2>] show_trace+0xee/0x144)
[<000000000008a1a0>] validate_chain+0xa2c/0x1100
[<000000000008ad84>] __lock_acquire+0x510/0xbfc
[<000000000008b51c>] lock_acquire+0xac/0xd4
[<000000000016bba8>] sysfs_deactivate+0x94/0x108
[<000000000016c506>] sysfs_addrm_finish+0x5a/0xa8
[<0000000000169f38>] sysfs_hash_and_remove+0x64/0x9c
[<000000000016dbae>] sysfs_remove_group+0x76/0x12c
[<00000000003dfaae>] smp_cpu_notify+0xae/0xc8
[<00000000003eb652>] notifier_call_chain+0x56/0x98
[<000000000007a1b2>] raw_notifier_call_chain+0x2a/0x3c
[<00000000003dd132>] _cpu_down+0x1aa/0x34c
[<00000000003dd356>] cpu_down+0x82/0x88
[<00000000003ddac0>] store_online+0x5c/0xc8
[<000000000016a9be>] sysfs_write_file+0xf6/0x1a8
[<00000000000ffd5c>] vfs_write+0xac/0x178
[<00000000000fff24>] SyS_write+0x58/0xa8
[<00000000000295b6>] sysc_noemu+0x10/0x16
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