FYI, the issue is still present in 2.6.18-rc4 and 2.6.18-rc3-mm2. Here's one output from 2.6.18-rc4: > Aug 12 13:10:43 gx110 kernel: [ 90.648896] ACPI: Getting cpuindex for acpiid 0x2 > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809779] > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809784] ============================================= > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809807] [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809816] --------------------------------------------- > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809825] udevd/3770 is trying to acquire lock: > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809834] (&inode->i_mutex){--..}, at: [] mutex_lock+0x1c/0x1f > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809884] > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809887] but task is already holding lock: > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809894] (&inode->i_mutex){--..}, at: [] mutex_lock+0x1c/0x1f > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809912] > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809915] other info that might help us debug this: > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809924] 1 lock held by udevd/3770: > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809931] #0: (&inode->i_mutex){--..}, at: [] mutex_lock+0x1c/0x1f > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809951] > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.809953] stack backtrace: > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.810671] [] show_trace_log_lvl+0x58/0x15b > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.810729] [] show_trace+0xd/0x10 > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.810775] [] dump_stack+0x17/0x1b > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.810821] [] __lock_acquire+0x74a/0x9a7 > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.811065] [] lock_acquire+0x4a/0x6a > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.811301] [] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xa7/0x20e > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.811526] [] mutex_lock+0x1c/0x1f > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.811747] [] xattr_readdir+0x50/0x44e > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.812999] [] reiserfs_chown_xattrs+0xda/0x10f > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.813608] [] reiserfs_setattr+0x106/0x243 > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.814185] [] notify_change+0x135/0x2bc > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.814720] [] chown_common+0x93/0xab > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815123] [] sys_chown+0x33/0x45 > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815507] [] sysenter_past_esp+0x56/0x8d > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815547] DWARF2 unwinder stuck at sysenter_past_esp+0x56/0x8d > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815564] Leftover inexact backtrace: > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815578] [] show_trace+0xd/0x10 > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815597] [] dump_stack+0x17/0x1b > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815615] [] __lock_acquire+0x74a/0x9a7 > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815634] [] lock_acquire+0x4a/0x6a > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815651] [] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xa7/0x20e > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815676] [] mutex_lock+0x1c/0x1f > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815694] [] xattr_readdir+0x50/0x44e > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815712] [] reiserfs_chown_xattrs+0xda/0x10f > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815731] [] reiserfs_setattr+0x106/0x243 > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815750] [] notify_change+0x135/0x2bc > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815768] [] chown_common+0x93/0xab > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815789] [] sys_chown+0x33/0x45 > Aug 12 13:10:45 gx110 kernel: [ 91.815807] [] sysenter_past_esp+0x56/0x8d > Aug 12 13:10:47 gx110 kernel: [ 94.483483] IA-32 Microcode Update Driver: v1.14a Thanks Tilman -- Tilman Schmidt E-Mail: tilman@imap.cc Bonn, Germany Diese Nachricht besteht zu 100% aus wiederverwerteten Bits. Ungeoeffnet mindestens haltbar bis: (siehe Rueckseite)