Hello, I've got the following lock order inversion report on 8513342170278468bac126640a5d2d12ffbff106 (Dec 28). Unfortunately I failed to find a reproducer for it.
====================================================== [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 4.4.0-rc7+ #181 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------- kworker/u9:2/35 is trying to acquire lock: (routelock){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff82bc77c0>] n_tracerouter_receivebuf+0x20/0x40 drivers/tty/n_tracerouter.c:175 but task is already holding lock: (&buf->lock){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff82baf791>] flush_to_ldisc+0xe1/0x7f0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:487 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #3 (&buf->lock){+.+...}: [<ffffffff813f0acf>] lock_acquire+0x19f/0x3c0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3585 [< inline >] __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:112 [<ffffffff85c8e790>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x50/0x70 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:159 [<ffffffff82b8c050>] tty_get_pgrp+0x20/0x80 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2502 [<ffffffff82b9a09a>] __isig+0x1a/0x50 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1112 [<ffffffff82b9c16e>] isig+0xae/0x2c0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1131 [<ffffffff82b9ef02>] n_tty_receive_signal_char+0x22/0xf0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1243 [<ffffffff82ba4958>] n_tty_receive_char_special+0x1278/0x2bf0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1289 [< inline >] n_tty_receive_buf_fast drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1613 [< inline >] __receive_buf drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1647 [<ffffffff82ba7ca6>] n_tty_receive_buf_common+0x19d6/0x2450 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1745 [<ffffffff82ba8753>] n_tty_receive_buf2+0x33/0x40 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1780 [< inline >] receive_buf drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:450 [<ffffffff82bafa6f>] flush_to_ldisc+0x3bf/0x7f0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:517 [<ffffffff8133833c>] process_one_work+0x76c/0x13e0 kernel/workqueue.c:2030 [<ffffffff81339093>] worker_thread+0xe3/0xe90 kernel/workqueue.c:2162 [<ffffffff8134b63f>] kthread+0x23f/0x2d0 drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:1303 [<ffffffff85c8eeef>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:468 -> #2 (&o_tty->termios_rwsem/1){++++..}: [<ffffffff813f0acf>] lock_acquire+0x19f/0x3c0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3585 [<ffffffff85c899cc>] down_read+0x4c/0x70 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:22 [<ffffffff82ba635d>] n_tty_receive_buf_common+0x8d/0x2450 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1708 [<ffffffff82ba8753>] n_tty_receive_buf2+0x33/0x40 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1780 [< inline >] receive_buf drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:450 [<ffffffff82bafa6f>] flush_to_ldisc+0x3bf/0x7f0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:517 [<ffffffff8133833c>] process_one_work+0x76c/0x13e0 kernel/workqueue.c:2030 [<ffffffff81339093>] worker_thread+0xe3/0xe90 kernel/workqueue.c:2162 [<ffffffff8134b63f>] kthread+0x23f/0x2d0 drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:1303 [<ffffffff85c8eeef>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:468 -> #1 (&port->buf.lock/1){+.+...}: [<ffffffff813f0acf>] lock_acquire+0x19f/0x3c0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3585 [< inline >] __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:518 [<ffffffff85c86ba6>] mutex_lock_nested+0xb6/0x940 kernel/locking/mutex.c:618 [<ffffffff82bc77ff>] n_tracerouter_open+0x1f/0x210 drivers/tty/n_tracerouter.c:75 [<ffffffff82bacd78>] tty_ldisc_open.isra.2+0x78/0xd0 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:447 [<ffffffff82bad43a>] tty_set_ldisc+0x1ca/0xa30 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:567 [< inline >] tiocsetd drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2650 [<ffffffff82b9483a>] tty_ioctl+0xb2a/0x2160 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2883 [< inline >] vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:43 [<ffffffff81750d41>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x681/0xe40 fs/ioctl.c:607 [< inline >] SYSC_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:622 [<ffffffff8175158f>] SyS_ioctl+0x8f/0xc0 fs/ioctl.c:613 [<ffffffff85c8eb36>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x16/0x7a arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:185 -> #0 (routelock){+.+...}: [< inline >] check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1853 [< inline >] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1958 [< inline >] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2144 [<ffffffff813ee02e>] __lock_acquire+0x345e/0x3ca0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3206 [<ffffffff813f0acf>] lock_acquire+0x19f/0x3c0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3585 [< inline >] __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:518 [<ffffffff85c86ba6>] mutex_lock_nested+0xb6/0x940 kernel/locking/mutex.c:618 [<ffffffff82bc77c0>] n_tracerouter_receivebuf+0x20/0x40 drivers/tty/n_tracerouter.c:175 [< inline >] receive_buf drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:454 [<ffffffff82bafc34>] flush_to_ldisc+0x584/0x7f0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:517 [<ffffffff8133833c>] process_one_work+0x76c/0x13e0 kernel/workqueue.c:2030 [<ffffffff81339093>] worker_thread+0xe3/0xe90 kernel/workqueue.c:2162 [<ffffffff8134b63f>] kthread+0x23f/0x2d0 drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:1303 [<ffffffff85c8eeef>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:468 other info that might help us debug this: Chain exists of: routelock --> &o_tty->termios_rwsem/1 --> &buf->lock Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&buf->lock); lock(&o_tty->termios_rwsem/1); lock(&buf->lock); lock(routelock); *** DEADLOCK *** 4 locks held by kworker/u9:2/35: #0: ("events_unbound"){.+.+.+}, at: [< inline >] __write_once_size include/linux/compiler.h:247 #0: ("events_unbound"){.+.+.+}, at: [< inline >] atomic64_set ./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:33 #0: ("events_unbound"){.+.+.+}, at: [< inline >] atomic_long_set include/asm-generic/atomic-long.h:56 #0: ("events_unbound"){.+.+.+}, at: [< inline >] set_work_data kernel/workqueue.c:614 #0: ("events_unbound"){.+.+.+}, at: [< inline >] set_work_pool_and_clear_pending kernel/workqueue.c:641 #0: ("events_unbound"){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff81338242>] process_one_work+0x672/0x13e0 kernel/workqueue.c:2023 #1: ((&buf->work)){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff81338272>] process_one_work+0x6a2/0x13e0 kernel/workqueue.c:2027 #2: (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff82bac99b>] tty_ldisc_ref+0x1b/0x80 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:283 #3: (&buf->lock){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff82baf791>] flush_to_ldisc+0xe1/0x7f0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:487 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 35 Comm: kworker/u9:2 Not tainted 4.4.0-rc7+ #181 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011 Workqueue: events_unbound flush_to_ldisc 00000000ffffffff ffff88003d8e77f8 ffffffff8289d9dd ffffffff8866fbf0 ffffffff8863f050 ffffffff886422f0 ffff88003d8e7840 ffffffff813e7081 ffff88003d8e7930 000000003d8b1780 ffff88003d8b1fc0 ffff88003d8b1fe2 Call Trace: [< inline >] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2144 [<ffffffff813ee02e>] __lock_acquire+0x345e/0x3ca0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3206 [<ffffffff813f0acf>] lock_acquire+0x19f/0x3c0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3585 [< inline >] __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:518 [<ffffffff85c86ba6>] mutex_lock_nested+0xb6/0x940 kernel/locking/mutex.c:618 [<ffffffff82bc77c0>] n_tracerouter_receivebuf+0x20/0x40 drivers/tty/n_tracerouter.c:175 [< inline >] receive_buf drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:454 [<ffffffff82bafc34>] flush_to_ldisc+0x584/0x7f0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:517 [<ffffffff8133833c>] process_one_work+0x76c/0x13e0 kernel/workqueue.c:2030 [<ffffffff81339093>] worker_thread+0xe3/0xe90 kernel/workqueue.c:2162 [<ffffffff8134b63f>] kthread+0x23f/0x2d0 drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:1303 [<ffffffff85c8eeef>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:468 ====================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/