2.6.21 reiserfs -- cicular locking?

From: David Brownell
Date: Thu Apr 26 2007 - 19:41:28 EST


This might be a Heisenberg, but I figure it's worth posting
in case anyone else sees similar oddness. Never seen it
before or since. It's as if a gremlin got annoyed with me
for switching a filesystem from reiser to ext3. :)

- Dave


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[ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
2.6.21-git #6
-------------------------------------------------------
vi/4556 is trying to acquire lock:
(&REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_dir_sem){..--}, at: [<ffffffff802caf4b>] reiserfs_chown_xattrs+0x5b/0x128

but task is already holding lock:
(&inode->i_mutex){--..}, at: [<ffffffff8026c4fa>] chown_common+0x93/0xb3

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&inode->i_mutex){--..}:
[<ffffffff802405f4>] __lock_acquire+0x9f7/0xbaa
[<ffffffff802ca1ac>] get_xa_root+0x49/0x107
[<ffffffff80240822>] lock_acquire+0x7b/0x9f
[<ffffffff802ca1ac>] get_xa_root+0x49/0x107
[<ffffffff8023dee0>] save_trace+0x40/0x9e
[<ffffffff8041e1db>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xd8/0x281
[<ffffffff8041ff18>] _spin_unlock_irq+0x24/0x4a
[<ffffffff802ca1ac>] get_xa_root+0x49/0x107
[<ffffffff802ca2a8>] open_xa_dir+0x1c/0xf8
[<ffffffff8041f34b>] __down_read+0x34/0x9d
[<ffffffff802cb50a>] reiserfs_delete_xattrs+0x64/0x185
[<ffffffff802fd620>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x14/0x34
[<ffffffff802b252e>] reiserfs_delete_inode+0x38/0xae
[<ffffffff8027f6bc>] generic_delete_inode+0x64/0xf5
[<ffffffff802b24f6>] reiserfs_delete_inode+0x0/0xae
[<ffffffff8027f6d2>] generic_delete_inode+0x7a/0xf5
[<ffffffff80276b95>] do_unlinkat+0xd9/0x14f
[<ffffffff8023f75f>] trace_hardirqs_on+0x123/0x14d
[<ffffffff8041f4d1>] trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x35/0x37
[<ffffffff8020954e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff

-> #0 (&REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_dir_sem){..--}:
[<ffffffff8023ee6f>] print_circular_bug_header+0xcc/0xd3
[<ffffffff802404f0>] __lock_acquire+0x8f3/0xbaa
[<ffffffff802caf4b>] reiserfs_chown_xattrs+0x5b/0x128
[<ffffffff80240822>] lock_acquire+0x7b/0x9f
[<ffffffff802caf4b>] reiserfs_chown_xattrs+0x5b/0x128
[<ffffffff8023bb03>] down_read+0x32/0x3b
[<ffffffff802caf4b>] reiserfs_chown_xattrs+0x5b/0x128
[<ffffffff8022e285>] __capable+0x9/0x1d
[<ffffffff802b2828>] reiserfs_setattr+0x11e/0x1ec
[<ffffffff8022bd6b>] current_fs_time+0x35/0x3a
[<ffffffff802803a1>] notify_change+0x122/0x231
[<ffffffff8026c505>] chown_common+0x9e/0xb3
[<ffffffff8026e7a6>] fget+0x88/0xa7
[<ffffffff8026c54a>] sys_fchown+0x30/0x47
[<ffffffff8020954e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff

other info that might help us debug this:

1 lock held by vi/4556:
#0: (&inode->i_mutex){--..}, at: [<ffffffff8026c4fa>] chown_common+0x93/0xb3

stack backtrace:

Call Trace:
[<ffffffff8023eacc>] print_circular_bug_tail+0x69/0x72
[<ffffffff8023ee6f>] print_circular_bug_header+0xcc/0xd3
[<ffffffff802404f0>] __lock_acquire+0x8f3/0xbaa
[<ffffffff802caf4b>] reiserfs_chown_xattrs+0x5b/0x128
[<ffffffff80240822>] lock_acquire+0x7b/0x9f
[<ffffffff802caf4b>] reiserfs_chown_xattrs+0x5b/0x128
[<ffffffff8023bb03>] down_read+0x32/0x3b
[<ffffffff802caf4b>] reiserfs_chown_xattrs+0x5b/0x128
[<ffffffff8022e285>] __capable+0x9/0x1d
[<ffffffff802b2828>] reiserfs_setattr+0x11e/0x1ec
[<ffffffff8022bd6b>] current_fs_time+0x35/0x3a
[<ffffffff802803a1>] notify_change+0x122/0x231
[<ffffffff8026c505>] chown_common+0x9e/0xb3
[<ffffffff8026e7a6>] fget+0x88/0xa7
[<ffffffff8026c54a>] sys_fchown+0x30/0x47
[<ffffffff8020954e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83

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