With 2.6.29-git12 on a powerpc box i observed the following warning
================================= 2.6.29-git12 #1 inconsistent {IN-RECLAIM_FS-W} -> {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} usage. yum-updatesd-he/6947 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes: (&inode->inotify_mutex){+.+.?.}, at: [<c000000000154a04>] .inotify_inode_queue_event+0x6c/0x160 [<c000000000098198>] .lock_acquire+0x54/0x80 [<c000000000154bb0>] .inotify_inode_is_dead+0x38/0xcc [<c0000000001319f0>] .d_kill+0x68/0xac [<c0000000001320b4>] .shrink_dcache_memory+0x134/0x214 [<c0000000000e82fc>] .shrink_slab+0x144/0x20c [<c0000000000e936c>] .kswapd+0x43c/0x628 [<c0000000000850e0>] .kthread+0x78/0xc4 [<c00000000002bd6c>] .kernel_thread+0x54/0x70 irq event stamp: 223781 hardirqs last enabled at (223781): [<c0000000001101c8>] .kmem_cache_alloc+0x184/0x200 hardirqs last disabled at (223780): [<c00000000010f204>] .cache_grow+0x3b0/0x48c softirqs last enabled at (222934): [<c00000000002ba64>] .call_do_softirq+0x14/0x24 softirqs last disabled at (222923): [<c00000000002ba64>] .call_do_softirq+0x14/0x24 other info that might help us debug this: 4 locks held by yum-updatesd-he/6947: #0: (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#4){+.+.+.}, at: [<c00000000012c53c>] .do_filp_open+0x188/0x874 #1: (&inode->inotify_mutex){+.+.?.}, at: [<c000000000154a04>] .inotify_inode_queue_event+0x6c/0x160 #2: (&ih->mutex){+.+...}, at: [<c000000000154a34>] .inotify_inode_queue_event+0x9c/0x160 #3: (&dev->ev_mutex){+.+...}, at: [<c000000000156330>] .inotify_dev_queue_event+0x50/0x1d8 stack backtrace: Call Trace: [c0000000541ff4f0] [c0000000000115cc] .show_stack+0x70/0x184 (unreliable) [c0000000541ff5a0] [c000000000093a00] .print_usage_bug+0x1bc/0x1ec [c0000000541ff650] [c000000000093dac] .mark_lock+0x37c/0x6c0 [c0000000541ff700] [c000000000094148] .mark_held_locks+0x58/0xac [c0000000541ff790] [c000000000097f54] .lockdep_trace_alloc+0xc4/0xf4 [c0000000541ff810] [c00000000010fc24] .__kmalloc+0x98/0x25c [c0000000541ff8b0] [c000000000156244] .kernel_event+0xbc/0x158 [c0000000541ff950] [c000000000156400] .inotify_dev_queue_event+0x120/0x1d8 [c0000000541ffa00] [c000000000154a84] .inotify_inode_queue_event+0xec/0x160 [c0000000541ffad0] [c0000000001292cc] .vfs_create+0x168/0x1e4 [c0000000541ffb70] [c00000000012c5f0] .do_filp_open+0x23c/0x874 [c0000000541ffd10] [c00000000011aecc] .do_sys_open+0x80/0x140 [c0000000541ffdc0] [c000000000161748] .compat_sys_open+0x24/0x38 [c0000000541ffe30] [c000000000008554] syscall_exit+0x0/0x40 Thanks -Sachin -- --------------------------------- Sachin Sant IBM Linux Technology Center India Systems and Technology Labs Bangalore, India --------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev