From: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426164
kernel version is 2.6.24-0.107.rc5.git3.fc9 >From boot log on serial console: (full log attached) Added VLAN with VID == 2 to IF -:eth0.1568:- ============================================= [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] 2.6.24-0.107.rc5.git3.fc9 #1 --------------------------------------------- ifconfig/15011 is trying to acquire lock: (&vlan_netdev_xmit_lock_key){-+..}, at: [<c05d9450>] dev_mc_sync+0x1c/0x102 but task is already holding lock: (&vlan_netdev_xmit_lock_key){-+..}, at: [<c05d51bd>] dev_set_rx_mode+0x14/0x3c other info that might help us debug this: 2 locks held by ifconfig/15011: #0: (rtnl_mutex){--..}, at: [<c05de4f7>] rtnl_lock+0xf/0x11 #1: (&vlan_netdev_xmit_lock_key){-+..}, at: [<c05d51bd>] dev_set_rx_mode+0x14/0x3c stack backtrace: Pid: 15011, comm: ifconfig Not tainted 2.6.24-0.107.rc5.git3.fc9 #1 [<c040649a>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x2f [<c0406d41>] show_trace+0x12/0x14 [<c0407061>] dump_stack+0x6c/0x72 [<c044cfb3>] __lock_acquire+0x815/0xb5f [<c044d6f5>] lock_acquire+0x7b/0x9e [<c063dcf5>] _spin_lock_bh+0x33/0x5d [<c05d9450>] dev_mc_sync+0x1c/0x102 [<f8b24c96>] vlan_dev_set_multicast_list+0x15/0x17 [8021q] [<c05d5107>] __dev_set_rx_mode+0x7e/0x81 [<c05d51d0>] dev_set_rx_mode+0x27/0x3c [<c05d749e>] dev_open+0x61/0x7b [<c05d60b0>] dev_change_flags+0xa4/0x152 [<c0616b8d>] devinet_ioctl+0x211/0x518 [<c061723b>] inet_ioctl+0x86/0xa4 [<c05caf0b>] sock_ioctl+0x1ca/0x1eb [<c049cdf2>] do_ioctl+0x22/0x67 [<c049d080>] vfs_ioctl+0x249/0x25c [<c049d0d5>] sys_ioctl+0x42/0x5d [<c0405252>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb ======================= -- 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