From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760025AbXHPUQS (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:16:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752075AbXHPUQF (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:16:05 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:40289 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752646AbXHPUQE (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:16:04 -0400 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:23:48 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Authenticated Cc: LKML Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.20: INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected Message-ID: <20070816212348.0d260d06@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <46C48E73.8090309@steudten.com> References: <46C48E73.8090309@steudten.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:50:43 +0200 Authenticated wrote: > > ======================================================= > [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] > 2.6.20-1.2948.self #1 > ------------------------------------------------------- > squid/4058 is trying to acquire lock: > (tty_mutex){--..}, at: [] print_warning+0x8b/0x12e > > but task is already holding lock: > (&s->s_dquot.dqptr_sem){----}, at: [] dquot_alloc_inode+0x34/0x10a > > which lock already depends on the new lock. Yep - known 2.6.20 problem. Its very very unlikely to ever cause a real problem however.