Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751230AbWAaRgJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:36:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751259AbWAaRgJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:36:09 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:65417 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751230AbWAaRgI (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:36:08 -0500 Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:36:01 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Jens Axboe Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: more cfq spinlock badness Message-ID: <20060131173601.GA7204@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Jens Axboe , Linux Kernel References: <20060131063938.GA1876@redhat.com> <20060131090944.GU4215@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060131090944.GU4215@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1594 Lines: 42 On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 10:09:45AM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Tue, Jan 31 2006, Dave Jones wrote: > > Not seen this break for a while, but I just hit it again in 2.6.16rc1-git4. > > > > Dave > > > > BUG: spinlock bad magic on CPU#0, pdflush/1128 > > lock: ffff81003a219000, .magic: 00000000, .owner: /-1, .owner_cpu: 0 > > > > Call Trace: {spin_bug+177} {_raw_spin_lock+25} > > {cfq_exit_single_io_context+85} {cfq_exit_io_context+24} > > {exit_io_context+137} {do_exit+182} > > {child_rip+15} {keventd_create_kthread+0} > > {kthread+0} {child_rip+0} > > Kernel panic - not syncing: bad locking > > Again, which devices have you used? nothing special (Ie, no usb bits, just the onboard ata_piix SATA) > Did it happen at shutdown, or? whislt starting up a bunch of gnome panel applets. > Did the ub bug get fixed yes > if you are using that? The bug above has in the > past always been able to be explained by a driver destroying a structure > embedding the queue lock before the queue is dead. as there were no ub devices plugged in at the time, I think Pete is off the hook for this one. Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/