Re: net/tipc: recursive locking in tipc_link_reset

From: Dmitry Vyukov
Date: Thu Oct 11 2018 - 08:11:52 EST


On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 2:03 PM, Ying Xue <ying.xue@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am getting the following error while booting the latest kernel on
>>> bb2d8f2f61047cbde08b78ec03e4ebdb01ee5434 (Oct 10). Config is attached.
>>>
>>> Since this happens during boot, this makes LOCKDEP completely
>>> unusable, does not allow to discover any other locking issues and
>>> masks all new bugs being introduced into kernel.
>>> Please fix asap.
>>> Thanks
>> -parthasarathy.bhuvaragan address as it gives me bounces
>> but this is highly likely due to:
>>
>> commit 3f32d0be6c16b902b687453c962d17eea5b8ea19
>> Author: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan
>> Date: Tue Sep 25 22:09:10 2018 +0200
>>
>> tipc: lock wakeup & inputq at tipc_link_reset()
>>
>>
>
> Dmitry, I agree with you. The complaint should be caused by the commit
> above. Please try to verify the patch:
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/982447.


I trust you for testing ;)

Thanks for the quick fix!