Seen during boot of a 2.6.18rc5-git1 based kernel. Dave
======================================================= [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.17-1.2608.fc6 #1 ------------------------------------------------------- swapper/0 is trying to acquire lock: (&tbl->lock){-+-+}, at: [<c05bdf97>] neigh_lookup+0x50/0xaf but task is already holding lock: (&list->lock#3){-+..}, at: [<c05bf677>] neigh_proxy_process+0x20/0xc2 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #2 (&list->lock#3){-+..}: [<c043c09a>] lock_acquire+0x4b/0x6d [<c061411f>] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x22/0x32 [<c05b451f>] skb_dequeue+0x12/0x43 [<c05b523a>] skb_queue_purge+0x14/0x1b [<c05be990>] neigh_update+0x34a/0x3a6 [<c05f0f6e>] arp_process+0x4ad/0x4e7 [<c05f107c>] arp_rcv+0xd4/0xf1 [<c05b942c>] netif_receive_skb+0x205/0x274 [<c7bb0566>] rhine_napipoll+0x28d/0x449 [via_rhine] [<c05baf73>] net_rx_action+0x9d/0x196 [<c04293a7>] __do_softirq+0x78/0xf2 [<c0406673>] do_softirq+0x5a/0xbe -> #1 (&n->lock){-+..}: [<c043c09a>] lock_acquire+0x4b/0x6d [<c0613e48>] _write_lock+0x19/0x28 [<c05bfc69>] neigh_periodic_timer+0x98/0x13c [<c042dc58>] run_timer_softirq+0x108/0x167 [<c04293a7>] __do_softirq+0x78/0xf2 [<c0406673>] do_softirq+0x5a/0xbe -> #0 (&tbl->lock){-+-+}: [<c043c09a>] lock_acquire+0x4b/0x6d [<c0613f02>] _read_lock_bh+0x1e/0x2d [<c05bdf97>] neigh_lookup+0x50/0xaf [<c05bf0b9>] neigh_event_ns+0x2c/0x77 [<c05f0e2a>] arp_process+0x369/0x4e7 [<c05f10a1>] parp_redo+0x8/0xa [<c05bf6bd>] neigh_proxy_process+0x66/0xc2 [<c042dc58>] run_timer_softirq+0x108/0x167 [<c04293a7>] __do_softirq+0x78/0xf2 [<c0406673>] do_softirq+0x5a/0xbe other info that might help us debug this: 1 lock held by swapper/0: #0: (&list->lock#3){-+..}, at: [<c05bf677>] neigh_proxy_process+0x20/0xc2 stack backtrace: [<c04051ee>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x58/0x159 [<c04057ea>] show_trace+0xd/0x10 [<c0405903>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b [<c043b182>] print_circular_bug_tail+0x59/0x64 [<c043b99a>] __lock_acquire+0x80d/0x99c [<c043c09a>] lock_acquire+0x4b/0x6d [<c0613f02>] _read_lock_bh+0x1e/0x2d [<c05bdf97>] neigh_lookup+0x50/0xaf [<c05bf0b9>] neigh_event_ns+0x2c/0x77 [<c05f0e2a>] arp_process+0x369/0x4e7 [<c05f10a1>] parp_redo+0x8/0xa [<c05bf6bd>] neigh_proxy_process+0x66/0xc2 [<c042dc58>] run_timer_softirq+0x108/0x167 [<c04293a7>] __do_softirq+0x78/0xf2 [<c0406673>] do_softirq+0x5a/0xbe [<c0429250>] irq_exit+0x3d/0x3f [<c0417cbf>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x79/0x7e [<c0404b0a>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x2a/0x30 DWARF2 unwinder stuck at apic_timer_interrupt+0x2a/0x30 Leftover inexact backtrace: -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk -- VGER BF report: U 0.489161 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html