From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Larry Finger Subject: DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON triggered by bcm43xx-SoftMAC Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:54:05 -0500 Message-ID: <44E296DD.3040803@lwfinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: To: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Bcm43xx-dev-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public.gmane.org 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 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. Thanks, Larry