Re: INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Thu Jul 14 2011 - 12:37:30 EST


On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 17:49 +0300, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> Hello,
>
> [ 4172.371094] =======================================================
> [ 4172.371097] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
> [ 4172.371103] 3.0.0-rc7-dbg-00565-g6b31efc #644
> [ 4172.371105] -------------------------------------------------------
> [ 4172.371108] make/11702 is trying to acquire lock:
> [ 4172.371111] (rcu_node_level_0){..-...}, at: [<ffffffff810a55e2>] __rcu_read_unlock+0xb9/0x217
> [ 4172.371123]
> [ 4172.371123] but task is already holding lock:
> [ 4172.371125] (&p->pi_lock){-.-.-.}, at: [<ffffffff8103775e>] try_to_wake_up+0x29/0x28b
> [ 4172.371135]
> [ 4172.371135] which lock already depends on the new lock.

Happen to have a .config and means of reproduction? We're a little
stumped at trying to explain how this can actually happen.



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