Latest working kernel version: ? Earliest failing kernel version: this Distribution: debian/unstable Hardware Environment: quad powermac G5 Software Environment: ? ============================================= [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] 2.6.29-rc1-wl-11384-g916f396-dirty #12 --------------------------------------------- rm/4451 is trying to acquire lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#12){--..}, at: [<c0000000001b8a7c>] .hfsplus_block_free+0x78/0x27c but task is already holding lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#12){--..}, at: [<c000000000114268>] .vfs_unlink+0x58/0x104 other info that might help us debug this: 3 locks held by rm/4451: #0: (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#6/1){--..}, at: [<c000000000116ce0>] .do_unlinkat+0x68/0x18c #1: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#12){--..}, at: [<c000000000114268>] .vfs_unlink+0x58/0x104 #2: (&HFSPLUS_I(inode).extents_lock){--..}, at: [<c0000000001b13b0>] .hfsplus_file_truncate+0xf4/0x35c stack backtrace: Call Trace: [c0000001c54d33b0] [c00000000000faf4] .show_stack+0x6c/0x174 (unreliable) [c0000001c54d3460] [c0000000000855ec] .print_deadlock_bug+0x10c/0x138 [c0000001c54d3500] [c0000000000885c8] .validate_chain+0x67c/0x928 [c0000001c54d35c0] [c00000000008909c] .__lock_acquire+0x828/0x908 [c0000001c54d36c0] [c000000000089220] .lock_acquire+0xa4/0xec [c0000001c54d3780] [c00000000041fcc0] .mutex_lock_nested+0x194/0x4c8 [c0000001c54d3890] [c0000000001b8a7c] .hfsplus_block_free+0x78/0x27c [c0000001c54d3950] [c0000000001b103c] .hfsplus_free_extents+0x8c/0x120 [c0000001c54d3a00] [c0000000001b13fc] .hfsplus_file_truncate+0x140/0x35c [c0000001c54d3b20] [c0000000001af8b0] .hfsplus_delete_inode+0x84/0xa4 [c0000001c54d3ba0] [c0000000001b3240] .hfsplus_unlink+0x180/0x1f0 [c0000001c54d3c80] [c0000000001142a0] .vfs_unlink+0x90/0x104 [c0000001c54d3d10] [c000000000116d5c] .do_unlinkat+0xe4/0x18c [c0000001c54d3e30] [c000000000007554] syscall_exit+0x0/0x40
This is fixed by http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=128553602814955&w=2
Pushed to mainline now.