Hi, On Tue 17-06-08 22:32:49, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > > ======================================================= > [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] > 2.6.26-rc6-autokern1 #1 > ------------------------------------------------------- > umount/28231 is trying to acquire lock: > (&ei->i_data_sem){----}, at: [] ext4_get_blocks_wrap+0x36/0x15c > > but task is already holding lock: > (&type->s_lock_key#7){--..}, at: [] lock_super+0x22/0x24 > > which lock already depends on the new lock. > > > the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: > > -> #1 (&type->s_lock_key#7){--..}: > [] __lock_acquire+0xc3c/0xe20 > [] lock_acquire+0x53/0x6d > [] mutex_lock_nested+0xd6/0x27d > [] lock_super+0x22/0x24 > [] ext4_orphan_add+0x29/0x17d > [] ext4_ext_truncate+0x91/0x19c > [] ext4_truncate+0xbb/0x568 > [] vmtruncate+0xc2/0xe0 > [] inode_setattr+0x28/0x123 > [] ext4_setattr+0x226/0x284 > [] notify_change+0x169/0x27b > [] do_truncate+0x60/0x7e > [] sys_truncate+0x172/0x1a8 > [] sys32_truncate64+0x16/0x18 > [] ia32_sysret+0x0/0xa > [] 0xffffffffffffffff > > -> #0 (&ei->i_data_sem){----}: > [] __lock_acquire+0xb24/0xe20 > [] lock_acquire+0x53/0x6d > [] down_read+0x25/0x31 > [] ext4_get_blocks_wrap+0x36/0x15c > [] ext4_get_block+0xb5/0xf3 > [] generic_block_bmap+0x3a/0x40 > [] ext4_bmap+0x70/0x79 > [] bmap+0x1f/0x27 > [] jbd2_journal_bmap+0x2c/0x8a > [] jbd2_journal_next_log_block+0x76/0x7e > [] jbd2_journal_get_descriptor_buffer+0x17/0x80 > [] jbd2_journal_commit_transaction+0x56e/0x1045 > [] jbd2_journal_destroy+0xfc/0x250 > [] ext4_put_super+0x3e/0x213 > [] generic_shutdown_super+0x63/0xf8 > [] kill_block_super+0x12/0x27 > [] deactivate_super+0x4c/0x61 > [] mntput_no_expire+0xed/0x120 > [] sys_umount+0x312/0x327 > [] ia32_sysret+0x0/0xa > [] 0xffffffffffffffff The problem is we call ext4_orphan_add() in ext4_ext_truncate() under i_data_sem. I wonder why we didn't hit it earlier... In principle, there's no reason why ext4_orphan_add() could not be called earlier. So the patch below should help. Honza -- Jan Kara SUSE Labs, CR