Hello, I am on revision d1e41ff11941784f469f17795a4d9425c2eb4b7a (Nov 5) and seeing the following lockdep reports. I don't have exact reproducer program as it is caused by several independent programs (state accumulated in kernel across invocations); if the report is not enough I can try to cook a reproducer.
Thanks. [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 4.3.0+ #30 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------- a.out/9972 is trying to acquire lock: (&pipe->mutex/1){+.+.+.}, at: [< inline >] pipe_lock_nested fs/pipe.c:59 (&pipe->mutex/1){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff814d6e46>] pipe_lock+0x56/0x70 fs/pipe.c:67 but task is already holding lock: (sb_writers#5){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff814c77ec>] __sb_start_write+0xec/0x130 fs/super.c:1198 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #2 (sb_writers#5){.+.+.+}: [<ffffffff811f655d>] lock_acquire+0x16d/0x2f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3585 [<ffffffff811e434c>] percpu_down_read+0x3c/0xa0 kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c:73 [<ffffffff814c77ec>] __sb_start_write+0xec/0x130 fs/super.c:1198 [< inline >] sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1449 [<ffffffff81526f4f>] mnt_want_write+0x3f/0xb0 fs/namespace.c:386 [<ffffffff814f43f6>] filename_create+0x106/0x450 fs/namei.c:3425 [<ffffffff814f4773>] kern_path_create+0x33/0x40 fs/namei.c:3471 [< inline >] unix_mknod net/unix/af_unix.c:849 [<ffffffff82acb27b>] unix_bind+0x41b/0xa10 net/unix/af_unix.c:917 [<ffffffff827636da>] SYSC_bind+0x1ea/0x250 net/socket.c:1383 [<ffffffff82766164>] SyS_bind+0x24/0x30 net/socket.c:1369 [<ffffffff82f21951>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x31/0x9a arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:187 -> #1 (&u->readlock){+.+.+.}: [<ffffffff811f655d>] lock_acquire+0x16d/0x2f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3585 [< inline >] __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:518 [<ffffffff82f196c9>] mutex_lock_interruptible_nested+0xa9/0xa30 kernel/locking/mutex.c:647 [<ffffffff82ac32bc>] unix_stream_sendpage+0x23c/0x700 net/unix/af_unix.c:1768 [<ffffffff82761690>] kernel_sendpage+0x90/0xe0 net/socket.c:3278 [<ffffffff82761785>] sock_sendpage+0xa5/0xd0 net/socket.c:765 [<ffffffff8155668a>] pipe_to_sendpage+0x26a/0x320 fs/splice.c:720 [< inline >] splice_from_pipe_feed fs/splice.c:772 [<ffffffff815579a8>] __splice_from_pipe+0x268/0x740 fs/splice.c:889 [<ffffffff8155c2f7>] splice_from_pipe+0xf7/0x140 fs/splice.c:924 [<ffffffff8155c380>] generic_splice_sendpage+0x40/0x50 fs/splice.c:1097 [< inline >] do_splice_from fs/splice.c:1116 [< inline >] do_splice fs/splice.c:1392 [< inline >] SYSC_splice fs/splice.c:1695 [<ffffffff8155d005>] SyS_splice+0x845/0x17c0 fs/splice.c:1678 [<ffffffff82f21951>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x31/0x9a arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:187 -> #0 (&pipe->mutex/1){+.+.+.}: [< 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 [<ffffffff811f3769>] __lock_acquire+0x36d9/0x40e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3206 [<ffffffff811f655d>] lock_acquire+0x16d/0x2f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3585 [< inline >] __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:518 [<ffffffff82f18dcc>] mutex_lock_nested+0x9c/0x8f0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:618 [< inline >] pipe_lock_nested fs/pipe.c:59 [<ffffffff814d6e46>] pipe_lock+0x56/0x70 fs/pipe.c:67 [<ffffffff815581c9>] iter_file_splice_write+0x199/0xb20 fs/splice.c:962 [< inline >] do_splice_from fs/splice.c:1116 [< inline >] do_splice fs/splice.c:1392 [< inline >] SYSC_splice fs/splice.c:1695 [<ffffffff8155d005>] SyS_splice+0x845/0x17c0 fs/splice.c:1678 [<ffffffff82f21951>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x31/0x9a arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:187 other info that might help us debug this: Chain exists of: &pipe->mutex/1 --> &u->readlock --> sb_writers#5 Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(sb_writers#5); lock(&u->readlock); lock(sb_writers#5); lock(&pipe->mutex/1); *** DEADLOCK *** 1 lock held by a.out/9972: #0: (sb_writers#5){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff814c77ec>] __sb_start_write+0xec/0x130 fs/super.c:1198 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 PID: 9972 Comm: a.out Not tainted 4.3.0+ #30 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011 00000000ffffffff ffff88003d777938 ffffffff81aad406 ffffffff846046a0 ffffffff84606860 ffffffff846086c0 ffff88003d777980 ffffffff811ec511 ffff88003d777a80 000000003cf79640 ffff88003cf79df0 ffff88003cf79e12 Call Trace: [< inline >] __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:15 [<ffffffff81aad406>] dump_stack+0x68/0x92 lib/dump_stack.c:50 [<ffffffff811ec511>] print_circular_bug+0x2d1/0x390 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1226 [< 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 [<ffffffff811f3769>] __lock_acquire+0x36d9/0x40e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3206 [<ffffffff811f655d>] lock_acquire+0x16d/0x2f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3585 [< inline >] __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:518 [<ffffffff82f18dcc>] mutex_lock_nested+0x9c/0x8f0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:618 [< inline >] pipe_lock_nested fs/pipe.c:59 [<ffffffff814d6e46>] pipe_lock+0x56/0x70 fs/pipe.c:67 [<ffffffff815581c9>] iter_file_splice_write+0x199/0xb20 fs/splice.c:962 [< inline >] do_splice_from fs/splice.c:1116 [< inline >] do_splice fs/splice.c:1392 [< inline >] SYSC_splice fs/splice.c:1695 [<ffffffff8155d005>] SyS_splice+0x845/0x17c0 fs/splice.c:1678 [<ffffffff82f21951>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x31/0x9a arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:187 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html