Hey, Rafael. On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 09:53:08PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > This looks fishy, but I wonder if Tejun has any ideas. > > Tejun, can you please have a look at the call trace below? It looks like > the workqueues code is involved heavily. > > > > kworker/0:0/4 is trying to acquire lock: > > (name){++++.+}, at: [<ffffffff8105ac70>] flush_workqueue+0x0/0x4d0 > > > > but task is already holding lock: > > (name){++++.+}, at: [<ffffffff8105c7e0>] process_one_work+0x160/0x4e0
It's basically saying that a work item is trying to flush the workqueue it's currently executing on, at least in lockdep's eyes. > > stack backtrace: > > Pid: 4, comm: kworker/0:0 Not tainted 3.8.0-rc7-ninja+ #21 > > Call Trace: > > [<ffffffff81090213>] validate_chain.isra.33+0xda3/0x1240 > > [<ffffffff8109113c>] __lock_acquire+0x3ac/0xb30 > > [<ffffffff81091d8a>] lock_acquire+0x5a/0x70 > > [<ffffffff8105ad58>] flush_workqueue+0xe8/0x4d0 > > [<ffffffff8105b1c8>] drain_workqueue+0x68/0x1f0 > > [<ffffffff8105b363>] destroy_workqueue+0x13/0x160 And the flush is from workqueue destruction > > [<ffffffff8125ad0a>] pciehp_release_ctrl+0x3a/0x90 > > [<ffffffff81257ca5>] pciehp_remove+0x25/0x30 > > [<ffffffff81251f72>] pcie_port_remove_service+0x52/0x70 > > [<ffffffff81302217>] __device_release_driver+0x77/0xe0 > > [<ffffffff813022a9>] device_release_driver+0x29/0x40 > > [<ffffffff81301cb1>] bus_remove_device+0xf1/0x140 > > [<ffffffff812ff847>] device_del+0x127/0x1c0 > > [<ffffffff812ff8f1>] device_unregister+0x11/0x20 > > [<ffffffff81252125>] remove_iter+0x35/0x40 > > [<ffffffff812fe716>] device_for_each_child+0x36/0x70 > > [<ffffffff812526c1>] pcie_port_device_remove+0x21/0x40 > > [<ffffffff81252908>] pcie_portdrv_remove+0x28/0x50 > > [<ffffffff81246cb1>] pci_device_remove+0x41/0xc0 > > [<ffffffff81302217>] __device_release_driver+0x77/0xe0 > > [<ffffffff813022a9>] device_release_driver+0x29/0x40 > > [<ffffffff81301cb1>] bus_remove_device+0xf1/0x140 > > [<ffffffff812ff847>] device_del+0x127/0x1c0 > > [<ffffffff812ff8f1>] device_unregister+0x11/0x20 > > [<ffffffff81241b74>] pci_stop_bus_device+0xb4/0xc0 > > [<ffffffff81241af5>] pci_stop_bus_device+0x35/0xc0 > > [<ffffffff81241cd1>] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0x11/0x20 > > [<ffffffff81259021>] pciehp_unconfigure_device+0x91/0x190 > > [<ffffffff81258921>] pciehp_disable_slot+0x71/0x220 > > [<ffffffff81258bb6>] pciehp_power_thread+0xe6/0x110 > > [<ffffffff8105c84a>] process_one_work+0x1ca/0x4e0 running from a workqueue which probably is at least transitively related to the workqueue being destroyed. Does this lead to an actual deadlock? Thanks. -- tejun -- 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/