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FromGrant Coady <>
SubjectRe: 2.6.27-rc6: lockdep warning: iprune_mutex at shrink_icache_memory+0x38/0x1a8
DateTue, 16 Sep 2008 14:31:05 +1000
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:52:04 +1000, Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:

>On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 03:31:38AM +0400, Alexander Beregalov wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
>> 2.6.27-rc6-00034-gd1c6d2e #3
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> nfsd/1766 is trying to acquire lock:
>>  (iprune_mutex){--..}, at: [<c01743fb>] shrink_icache_memory+0x38/0x1a8
>> 
>>  but task is already holding lock:
>>   (&(&ip->i_iolock)->mr_lock){----}, at: [<c021134f>]
>>   xfs_ilock+0xa2/0xd6
>> 
>> 
>> I read files through nfs and saw delay for few seconds.
>> System is x86_32, nfs, xfs.
>> The last working kernel is 2.6.27-rc5,
>> I do not know yet is it reproducible or not.
>
><sigh>
>
>We need a FAQ for this one. It's a false positive.  Google for an
>explanation - I've explained it 4 or 5 times in the past year and
>asked that the lockdep folk invent a special annotation for the
>iprune_mutex (or memory reclaim) because of the way it can cause
>recursion into the filesystem and hence invert lock orders without
>causing deadlocks.....

Yeah, but a 30 second dreadlock?  It's a long wait wondering what's 
gone down or not ;)

Grant.


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