Bernard Pidoux F6BVP reported:
> When I killall kissattach I can see the following message.
>
> This happens on kernel 2.6.24-rc5 already patched with the 6 previously
> patches I sent recently.
>
>
> =======================================================
> [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
> 2.6.23.9 #1
> -------------------------------------------------------
> kissattach/2906 is trying to acquire lock:
> (linkfail_lock){-+..}, at: [<d8bd4603>] ax25_link_failed+0x11/0x39 [ax25]
>
> but task is already holding lock:
> (ax25_list_lock){-+..}, at: [<d8bd7c7c>] ax25_device_event+0x38/0x84
> [ax25]
>
> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>
>
> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
...
lockdep is worried about the different order here:
#1 (rose_neigh_list_lock){-+..}:
#3 (ax25_list_lock){-+..}:
#0 (linkfail_lock){-+..}:
#1 (rose_neigh_list_lock){-+..}:
#3 (ax25_list_lock){-+..}:
#0 (linkfail_lock){-+..}:
So, ax25_list_lock could be taken before and after linkfail_lock.
I don't know if this three-thread clutch is very probable (or
possible at all), but it seems another bug reported by Bernard
("[...] system impossible to reboot with linux-2.6.24-rc5")
could have similar source - namely ax25_list_lock held by
ax25_kill_by_device() during ax25_disconnect(). It looks like the
only place which calls ax25_disconnect() this way, so I guess, it
isn't necessary.
This patch is breaking the lock for ax25_disconnect().
Reported-and-tested-by: Bernard Pidoux <f6bvp@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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