[X86] Watchdog lockdep warning with next-20080529

From: Sitsofe Wheeler
Date: Thu May 29 2008 - 18:29:05 EST


<posted & mailed>

While using linux-next-20080529 the following warning was printed:

[ 1108.103357] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 1108.103370] WARNING: at kernel/lockdep.c:2680 check_flags+0x8a/0x12d()
[ 1108.103377] Modules linked in:
[ 1108.103384] Pid: 5, comm: watchdog/0 Not tainted
2.6.26-rc4-next-20080529skw #134
[ 1108.103392] [<c0122f80>] warn_on_slowpath+0x41/0x6a
[ 1108.103402] [<c013cc30>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xb/0xd
[ 1108.103411] [<c013ea60>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0xd
[ 1108.103419] [<c013ea19>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xe8/0x124
[ 1108.103428] [<c013ea60>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0xd
[ 1108.103436] [<c011d428>] ? hrtick_set+0xce/0xd6
[ 1108.103445] [<c013c87e>] check_flags+0x8a/0x12d
[ 1108.103452] [<c013f9a0>] lock_acquire+0x3b/0x89
[ 1108.103459] [<c0361ada>] _read_lock+0x1c/0x49
[ 1108.103467] [<c01538b2>] ? watchdog+0x97/0x1a9
[ 1108.103475] [<c015381b>] ? watchdog+0x0/0x1a9
[ 1108.103483] [<c01538b2>] watchdog+0x97/0x1a9
[ 1108.103489] [<c015381b>] ? watchdog+0x0/0x1a9
[ 1108.103497] [<c0133044>] kthread+0x3b/0x63
[ 1108.103504] [<c0133009>] ? kthread+0x0/0x63
[ 1108.103512] [<c01038ab>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
[ 1108.103520] =======================
[ 1108.103525] ---[ end trace bf12fd91b8f59e65 ]---
[ 1108.103529] possible reason: unannotated irqs-on.
[ 1108.103534] irq event stamp: 18
[ 1108.103538] hardirqs last enabled at (17): [<c013ea60>]
trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0xd
[ 1108.103548] hardirqs last disabled at (18): [<c013cc30>]
trace_hardirqs_off+0xb/0xd
[ 1108.103558] softirqs last enabled at (0): [<c01216ab>]
copy_process+0x2dd/0xf9a
[ 1108.103568] softirqs last disabled at (0): [<00000000>] 0x0

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