Hi, I get the following during resume from hibernation: [ 318.951686] ata9.00: ACPI cmd ef/03:0c:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out [ 318.951688] ata9.00: ACPI cmd ef/03:46:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out [ 318.963949] ata9.00: configured for UDMA/33 [ 319.103425] ata7: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [ 319.103452] ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [ 319.103471] ata8: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [ 319.103494] ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [ 319.103524] ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [ 319.110095] ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [ 319.256728] usb 3-2: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2 [ 319.270051] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 319.276717] ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 319.281558] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 319.281891] [ 319.281892] ======================================================= [ 319.281893] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] [ 319.281894] 2.6.37-rc7+ #16 [ 319.281895] ------------------------------------------------------- [ 319.281896] kworker/1:0/13333 is trying to acquire lock: [ 319.281897] (&bdev->bd_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [] revalidate_disk+0x56/0x90 [ 319.281902] [ 319.281903] but task is already holding lock: [ 319.281903] (&ap->scsi_scan_mutex){+.+...}, at: [] ata_scsi_dev_rescan+0x30/0x120 [ 319.281907] [ 319.281907] which lock already depends on the new lock. [ 319.281907] [ 319.281908] [ 319.281908] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: [ 319.281909] [ 319.281910] -> #3 (&ap->scsi_scan_mutex){+.+...}: [ 319.281911] [] lock_acquire+0x57/0x70 [ 319.281914] [] mutex_lock_nested+0x5e/0x380 [ 319.281916] [] ata_scsi_dev_rescan+0x30/0x120 [ 319.281918] [] process_one_work+0x1a2/0x450 [ 319.281921] [] worker_thread+0x162/0x340 [ 319.281922] [] kthread+0x96/0xa0 [ 319.281924] [] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [ 319.281927] [ 319.281927] -> #2 ((&ap->scsi_rescan_task)){+.+...}: [ 319.281929] [] lock_acquire+0x57/0x70 [ 319.281930] [] process_one_work+0x19c/0x450 [ 319.281932] [] worker_thread+0x162/0x340 [ 319.281934] [] kthread+0x96/0xa0 [ 319.281935] [] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [ 319.281937] [ 319.281937] -> #1 (events){+.+.+.}: [ 319.281939] [] lock_acquire+0x57/0x70 [ 319.281940] [] start_flush_work+0xc3/0x130 [ 319.281942] [] flush_work+0x20/0x50 [ 319.281944] [] schedule_on_each_cpu+0xeb/0x130 [ 319.281946] [] lru_add_drain_all+0x10/0x20 [ 319.281948] [] invalidate_bdev+0x28/0x40 [ 319.281950] [] __invalidate_device+0x4a/0x60 [ 319.281952] [] flush_disk+0x18/0xa0 [ 319.281953] [] check_disk_size_change+0x78/0x80 [ 319.281955] [] revalidate_disk+0x61/0x90 [ 319.281957] [] do_md_run+0x59/0xa0 [ 319.281959] [] md_ioctl+0x928/0x1100 [ 319.281961] [] blkdev_ioctl+0x228/0x700 [ 319.281962] [] block_ioctl+0x3c/0x40 [ 319.281964] [] do_vfs_ioctl+0x97/0x580 [ 319.281966] [] sys_ioctl+0x79/0x90 [ 319.281968] [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 319.281970] [ 319.281970] -> #0 (&bdev->bd_mutex){+.+.+.}: [ 319.281972] [] __lock_acquire+0x1698/0x1ca0 [ 319.281973] [] lock_acquire+0x57/0x70 [ 319.281975] [] mutex_lock_nested+0x5e/0x380 [ 319.281976] [] revalidate_disk+0x56/0x90 [ 319.281978] [] sd_rescan+0x22/0x40 [sd_mod] [ 319.281981] [] scsi_rescan_device+0xa6/0xd0 [ 319.281984] [] ata_scsi_dev_rescan+0xba/0x120 [ 319.281985] [] process_one_work+0x1a2/0x450 [ 319.281987] [] worker_thread+0x162/0x340 [ 319.281989] [] kthread+0x96/0xa0 [ 319.281990] [] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [ 319.281992] [ 319.281993] other info that might help us debug this: [ 319.281993] [ 319.281994] 3 locks held by kworker/1:0/13333: [ 319.281995] #0: (events){+.+.+.}, at: [] process_one_work+0x144/0x450 [ 319.281998] #1: ((&ap->scsi_rescan_task)){+.+...}, at: [] process_one_work+0x144/0x450 [ 319.282000] #2: (&ap->scsi_scan_mutex){+.+...}, at: [] ata_scsi_dev_rescan+0x30/0x120 [ 319.282003] [ 319.282003] stack backtrace: [ 319.282005] Pid: 13333, comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted 2.6.37-rc7+ #16 [ 319.282006] Call Trace: [ 319.282008] [] print_circular_bug+0xe7/0xf0 [ 319.282010] [] __lock_acquire+0x1698/0x1ca0 [ 319.282013] [] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x50 [ 319.282015] [] ? revalidate_disk+0x56/0x90 [ 319.282017] [] lock_acquire+0x57/0x70 [ 319.282019] [] ? revalidate_disk+0x56/0x90 [ 319.282020] [] ? add_preempt_count+0x95/0xd0 [ 319.282022] [] mutex_lock_nested+0x5e/0x380 [ 319.282024] [] ? revalidate_disk+0x56/0x90 [ 319.282026] [] ? kobject_put+0x27/0x60 [ 319.282028] [] ? disk_get_part+0x14/0xa0 [ 319.282030] [] ? put_device+0x12/0x20 [ 319.282032] [] revalidate_disk+0x56/0x90 [ 319.282035] [] sd_rescan+0x22/0x40 [sd_mod] [ 319.282037] [] scsi_rescan_device+0xa6/0xd0 [ 319.282038] [] ata_scsi_dev_rescan+0xba/0x120 [ 319.282040] [] process_one_work+0x1a2/0x450 [ 319.282042] [] ? process_one_work+0x144/0x450 [ 319.282044] [] ? ata_scsi_dev_rescan+0x0/0x120 [ 319.282045] [] worker_thread+0x162/0x340 [ 319.282047] [] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x340 [ 319.282049] [] kthread+0x96/0xa0 [ 319.282051] [] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [ 319.282052] [] ? finish_task_switch+0x7b/0xe0 [ 319.282055] [] ? restore_args+0x0/0x30 [ 319.282056] [] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0 [ 319.282058] [] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10 [ 319.288123] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 319.346789] firewire_core: rediscovered device fw0 [ 319.683384] usb 3-3: reset low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 [ 319.992978] PM: restore of devices complete after 1208.480 msecs The kernel is more-or-less current Linus' tree. Full dmesg is attached, please let me know if you need any more information. Thanks, Rafael