found on booting. kvm bare metal host machine.
====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected 4.13.0-next-20170904 #1 Tainted: G W ------------------------------------------------------ ppc64_cpu/4940 is trying to acquire lock: ((complete)&st->done){+.+.}, at: [<c00000000010e198>] takedown_cpu+0xe8/0x1c0 but task is already holding lock: (sparse_irq_lock){+.+.}, at: [<c0000000001b282c>] irq_lock_sparse+0x2c/0x40 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #2 (sparse_irq_lock){+.+.}: lock_acquire+0xdc/0x2f0 __mutex_lock+0xac/0xb60 irq_lock_sparse+0x2c/0x40 irq_affinity_online_cpu+0x2c/0x1f0 cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x1b4/0xd90 cpuhp_up_callbacks+0x58/0x150 cpuhp_thread_fun+0x1cc/0x210 smpboot_thread_fn+0x2fc/0x370 kthread+0x200/0x210 ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x70 -> #1 (cpuhp_state){+.+.}: smpboot_thread_fn+0x2fc/0x370 kthread+0x200/0x210 ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x70 -> #0 ((complete)&st->done){+.+.}: __lock_acquire+0x16a4/0x17f0 lock_acquire+0xdc/0x2f0 wait_for_common+0x8c/0x250 takedown_cpu+0xe8/0x1c0 cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x1b4/0xd90 cpuhp_down_callbacks+0x78/0xf0 _cpu_down+0x150/0x1b0 do_cpu_down+0x68/0xb0 cpu_subsys_offline+0x2c/0x50 device_offline+0xcc/0x150 online_store+0x6c/0xc0 dev_attr_store+0x68/0xa0 sysfs_kf_write+0x74/0xc0 kernfs_fop_write+0x194/0x270 __vfs_write+0x6c/0x1d0 vfs_write+0xd8/0x240 SyS_write+0x6c/0x110 system_call+0x58/0x6c other info that might help us debug this: Chain exists of: (complete)&st->done --> cpuhp_state --> sparse_irq_lock Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(sparse_irq_lock); lock(cpuhp_state); lock(sparse_irq_lock); lock((complete)&st->done); *** DEADLOCK *** 8 locks held by ppc64_cpu/4940: #0: (sb_writers#6){.+.+}, at: [<c0000000003ee850>] vfs_write+0x210/0x240 #1: (&of->mutex){+.+.}, at: [<c0000000004bc188>] kernfs_fop_write+0x148/0x270 #2: (kn->count#130){.+.+}, at: [<c0000000004bc194>] kernfs_fop_write+0x154/0x270 #3: (device_hotplug_lock){+.+.}, at: [<c00000000079a6c8>] lock_device_hotplug_sysfs+0x28/0x80 #4: (&dev->mutex){....}, at: [<c00000000079c334>] device_offline+0x84/0x150 #5: (cpu_add_remove_lock){+.+.}, at: [<c000000000110574>] do_cpu_down+0x44/0xb0 #6: (cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem){++++}, at: [<c000000000194dbc>] percpu_down_write+0x4c/0x160 #7: (sparse_irq_lock){+.+.}, at: [<c0000000001b282c>] irq_lock_sparse+0x2c/0x40 stack backtrace: CPU: 2 PID: 4940 Comm: ppc64_cpu Tainted: G W 4.13.0-next-20170904 #1 Call Trace: [c000001fb5d83510] [c000000000bcb7ec] dump_stack+0xe8/0x15c (unreliable) [c000001fb5d83550] [c000000000199478] print_circular_bug+0x2e8/0x4f0 [c000001fb5d83600] [c00000000019ab58] check_prev_add+0x468/0xa90 [c000001fb5d83700] [c00000000019e684] __lock_acquire+0x16a4/0x17f0 [c000001fb5d83830] [c00000000019f47c] lock_acquire+0xdc/0x2f0 [c000001fb5d83900] [c000000000be7dcc] wait_for_common+0x8c/0x250 [c000001fb5d83980] [c00000000010e198] takedown_cpu+0xe8/0x1c0 [c000001fb5d839e0] [c00000000010e5b4] cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x1b4/0xd90 [c000001fb5d83a70] [c00000000010f318] cpuhp_down_callbacks+0x78/0xf0 [c000001fb5d83ac0] [c000000000112c30] _cpu_down+0x150/0x1b0 [c000001fb5d83b20] [c000000000110598] do_cpu_down+0x68/0xb0 [c000001fb5d83b60] [c0000000007a54ac] cpu_subsys_offline+0x2c/0x50 [c000001fb5d83b90] [c00000000079c37c] device_offline+0xcc/0x150 [c000001fb5d83bd0] [c00000000079c58c] online_store+0x6c/0xc0 [c000001fb5d83c20] [c000000000796aa8] dev_attr_store+0x68/0xa0 [c000001fb5d83c60] [c0000000004bd954] sysfs_kf_write+0x74/0xc0 [c000001fb5d83ca0] [c0000000004bc1d4] kernfs_fop_write+0x194/0x270 [c000001fb5d83cf0] [c0000000003ec6bc] __vfs_write+0x6c/0x1d0 [c000001fb5d83d90] [c0000000003ee718] vfs_write+0xd8/0x240 [c000001fb5d83de0] [c0000000003f06ac] SyS_write+0x6c/0x110 [c000001fb5d83e30] [c00000000000b96c] system_call+0x58/0x6c [ OK ] Started User Manager for UID 1004. nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (65536 buckets, 262144 max) ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS p87 hvc0 p87 login: Initializing XFRM netlink socket ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 5464 at net/netfilter/core.c:218 __nf_hook_entries_try_shrink+0xd4/0x270 Modules linked in: ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 xfrm_user xfrm_algo iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 xt_addrtype iptable_filter ip_tables xt_conntrack x_tables nf_nat nf_conntrack overlay bridge stp llc binfmt_misc vmx_crypto leds_powernv led_class powernv_op_panel powernv_rng rng_core kvm_hv kvm autofs4 xfs btrfs zstd_decompress zstd_compress xxhash lzo_compress raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor async_tx xor raid6_pq libcrc32c multipath mlx4_en crc32c_vpmsum raid10 lpfc be2net crc_t10dif crct10dif_generic crct10dif_common mlx4_core CPU: 48 PID: 5464 Comm: iptables Tainted: G W 4.13.0-next-20170904 #1 task: c000003f88e95380 task.stack: c000003f8dc9c000 NIP: c000000000ab02a4 LR: c000000000ab0200 CTR: 0000000000000000 REGS: c000003f8dc9f5b0 TRAP: 0700 Tainted: G W (4.13.0-next-20170904) MSR: 900000000282b033 <SF,HV,VEC,VSX,EE,FP,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 44004248 XER: 20000000 CFAR: c000000000ab0208 SOFTE: 1 GPR00: c000000000ab13bc c000003f8dc9f830 c00000000117ad00 0000000000000000 GPR04: 0000000000000003 c000001fea1504a0 0000000000000001 0000000000000001 GPR08: c000007fe34705b8 0000000000000001 c000007fe34705b8 0000000000000002 GPR12: 0000000000000018 c00000000fd50800 000001001c3423c0 00000000000000b0 GPR16: 0000000000000040 d000000019b92230 0000000000000001 c000000000dfff80 GPR20: c000000000e70f78 c0000000011082b0 c000000001108248 c0000000011185cd GPR24: c000003f8dc9f8a0 d000000019b922a0 c0000000010fe100 c000000000ca2b00 GPR28: 0000000000000006 c000007fe34705a0 c0000000010fe9a0 c000007fe34705b0 NIP [c000000000ab02a4] __nf_hook_entries_try_shrink+0xd4/0x270 LR [c000000000ab0200] __nf_hook_entries_try_shrink+0x30/0x270 Call Trace: [c000003f8dc9f830] [c000000000ab0350] __nf_hook_entries_try_shrink+0x180/0x270 (unreliable) [c000003f8dc9f880] [c000000000ab13bc] nf_unregister_net_hooks+0x24c/0x440 [c000003f8dc9f9a0] [d000000019b905d4] ipv4_hooks_unregister+0x19c/0x2a0 [nf_conntrack_ipv4] [c000003f8dc9f9f0] [d0000000196bc6d0] nf_ct_netns_put+0x168/0x2b0 [nf_conntrack] [c000003f8dc9fa40] [d0000000197f0038] conntrack_mt_destroy+0x30/0x50 [xt_conntrack] [c000003f8dc9fa70] [d0000000199907a0] cleanup_match+0x68/0xa0 [ip_tables] [c000003f8dc9fac0] [d00000001999082c] cleanup_entry+0x54/0xf0 [ip_tables] [c000003f8dc9fb20] [d0000000199913dc] __do_replace+0x224/0x2d0 [ip_tables] [c000003f8dc9fbe0] [d000000019993cfc] do_ipt_set_ctl+0x1d4/0x284 [ip_tables] [c000003f8dc9fc90] [c000000000ab4dd8] nf_setsockopt+0x88/0x100 [c000003f8dc9fce0] [c000000000accaac] ip_setsockopt+0xdc/0x130 [c000003f8dc9fd30] [c000000000b061a8] raw_setsockopt+0xa8/0xf0 [c000003f8dc9fd80] [c000000000a1a19c] sock_common_setsockopt+0x5c/0x80 [c000003f8dc9fdd0] [c000000000a1845c] SyS_setsockopt+0x9c/0x120 [c000003f8dc9fe30] [c00000000000b96c] system_call+0x58/0x6c Instruction dump: 60000000 60000000 60420000 e92a0009 7fa9d800 7eaa4040 419e00f4 4096fff0 7f833840 419e00f8 7c690034 5529d97e <0b090000> 2fa30000 419e0178 7c633850 ---[ end trace a4ed76330b561e7f ]--- ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 5464 at net/netfilter/core.c:218 __nf_hook_entries_try_shrink+0xd4/0x270 Modules linked in: ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 xfrm_user xfrm_algo iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 xt_addrtype iptable_filter ip_tables xt_conntrack x_tables nf_nat nf_conntrack overlay bridge stp llc binfmt_misc vmx_crypto leds_powernv led_class powernv_op_panel powernv_rng rng_core kvm_hv kvm autofs4 xfs btrfs zstd_decompress zstd_compress xxhash lzo_compress raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor async_tx xor raid6_pq libcrc32c multipath mlx4_en crc32c_vpmsum raid10 lpfc be2net crc_t10dif crct10dif_generic crct10dif_common mlx4_core CPU: 48 PID: 5464 Comm: iptables Tainted: G W 4.13.0-next-20170904 #1 task: c000003f88e95380 task.stack: c000003f8dc9c000 NIP: c000000000ab02a4 LR: c000000000ab0200 CTR: 0000000000000000 REGS: c000003f8dc9f5b0 TRAP: 0700 Tainted: G W (4.13.0-next-20170904) MSR: 900000000282b033 <SF,HV,VEC,VSX,EE,FP,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 44004248 XER: 20000000 CFAR: c000000000ab0290 SOFTE: 1 GPR00: c000000000ab13bc c000003f8dc9f830 c00000000117ad00 0000000000000000 GPR04: 0000000000000004 c000001fe98b14b0 0000000000000002 0000000000000002 GPR08: c000007fe4722330 0000000000000001 c000007fe4722330 0000000000000003 GPR12: 0000000000000028 c00000000fd50800 000001001c3423c0 00000000000000b0 GPR16: 0000000000000040 d000000019b92280 0000000000000001 c000000000dfff80 GPR20: c000000000e70f78 c0000000011082b0 c000000001108248 c0000000011185cd GPR24: c000003f8dc9f8a0 d000000019b922a0 c0000000010fe100 c000000000ca2b00 GPR28: 0000000000000006 c000007fe4722300 c0000000010fe988 c000007fe4722320 NIP [c000000000ab02a4] __nf_hook_entries_try_shrink+0xd4/0x270 LR [c000000000ab0200] __nf_hook_entries_try_shrink+0x30/0x270 Call Trace: [c000003f8dc9f830] [c000000000ab0350] __nf_hook_entries_try_shrink+0x180/0x270 (unreliable) [c000003f8dc9f880] [c000000000ab13bc] nf_unregister_net_hooks+0x24c/0x440 [c000003f8dc9f9a0] [d000000019b905d4] ipv4_hooks_unregister+0x19c/0x2a0 [nf_conntrack_ipv4] [c000003f8dc9f9f0] [d0000000196bc6d0] nf_ct_netns_put+0x168/0x2b0 [nf_conntrack] [c000003f8dc9fa40] [d0000000197f0038] conntrack_mt_destroy+0x30/0x50 [xt_conntrack] [c000003f8dc9fa70] [d0000000199907a0] cleanup_match+0x68/0xa0 [ip_tables] [c000003f8dc9fac0] [d00000001999082c] cleanup_entry+0x54/0xf0 [ip_tables] [c000003f8dc9fb20] [d0000000199913dc] __do_replace+0x224/0x2d0 [ip_tables] [c000003f8dc9fbe0] [d000000019993cfc] do_ipt_set_ctl+0x1d4/0x284 [ip_tables] [c000003f8dc9fc90] [c000000000ab4dd8] nf_setsockopt+0x88/0x100 [c000003f8dc9fce0] [c000000000accaac] ip_setsockopt+0xdc/0x130 [c000003f8dc9fd30] [c000000000b061a8] raw_setsockopt+0xa8/0xf0 [c000003f8dc9fd80] [c000000000a1a19c] sock_common_setsockopt+0x5c/0x80 [c000003f8dc9fdd0] [c000000000a1845c] SyS_setsockopt+0x9c/0x120 [c000003f8dc9fe30] [c00000000000b96c] system_call+0x58/0x6c Instruction dump: 60000000 60000000 60420000 e92a0009 7fa9d800 7eaa4040 419e00f4 4096fff0 7f833840 419e00f8 7c690034 5529d97e <0b090000> 2fa30000 419e0178 7c633850 ---[ end trace a4ed76330b561e80 ]--- libvirt-guests.sh[5660]: libvirt-guests is configured not to start any guests on boot tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6 virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered blocking state virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered disabled state device virbr0-nic entered promiscuous mode virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered blocking state virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered listening state virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered learning state virbr0: port 1(virbr0-nic) entered disabled state br0: port 2(vnet0) entered blocking state br0: port 2(vnet0) entered disabled state device vnet0 entered promiscuous mode br0: port 2(vnet0) entered blocking state br0: port 2(vnet0) entered forwarding state KVM: couldn't grab cpu 97