From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Buesch Subject: Re: DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON triggered by bcm43xx-SoftMAC Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:06:10 +0200 Message-ID: <200608161806.10348.mb@bu3sch.de> References: <44E296DD.3040803@lwfinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, bcm43xx-dev-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Return-path: To: Larry Finger In-Reply-To: <44E296DD.3040803-tQ5ms3gMjBLk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: bcm43xx-dev-bounces-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public.gmane.org Errors-To: bcm43xx-dev-bounces-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 16 August 2006 05:54, Larry Finger wrote: > Using vanilla wireless-2.6 from Linville's tree as updated today, I > get a warning generated by the statement > if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled())) > in kernel.lockdep.c. This warning only occurs when my wireless > interface is inserted and bcm43xx-softmac is activated. For that > reason I have included the SoftMAC and bcm43xx messages. > > kernel: SoftMAC: sent association request! > kernel: SoftMAC: associated! > kernel: bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 2, > .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1 > kernel: bcm43xx: set security called, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1 > kernel: BUG: warning at kernel/lockdep.c:1801/trace_hardirqs_on() > kernel: [] show_trace_log_lvl+0x197/0x1c0 > kernel: [] show_trace+0x1b/0x20 > kernel: [] dump_stack+0x26/0x30 > kernel: [] trace_hardirqs_on+0x17f/0x190 > kernel: [] do_general_protection+0xc5/0x230 > kernel: [] error_code+0x39/0x40 > kernel: [<000038c7>] 0x38c7 > kernel: [] show_trace+0x1b/0x20 > kernel: [] dump_stack+0x26/0x30 > kernel: [] trace_hardirqs_on+0x17f/0x190 > kernel: [] do_general_protection+0xc5/0x230 > kernel: [] error_code+0x39/0x40 > > I'm at a loss here. Can anyone explain how to interpret this dump? I > think I see a general protection fault, but what to do from there is a > mystery. Hm, weird bug. I can't reproduce this on i386 or PPC. Could it be a bug in the lockdep code? -- Greetings Michael.