[BUG 3.7-rc1] nouveau cli->mutex possible recursive locking detected

From: Stanislaw Gruszka
Date: Tue Oct 16 2012 - 08:44:26 EST


I have this lockdep warning on wireless-testing tree based
on 3.7-rc1 (no other patches except wireless bits).

=============================================
Restarting tasks ... done.
[ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ]
3.7.0-rc1-wl+ #2 Not tainted
---------------------------------------------
Xorg/2269 is trying to acquire lock:
(&cli->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa012a27f>] nouveau_bo_move_m2mf+0x5f/0x170 [nouveau]

but task is already holding lock:
(&cli->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa012f3c4>] nouveau_abi16_get+0x34/0x100 [nouveau]

other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:

CPU0
----
lock(&cli->mutex);
lock(&cli->mutex);

*** DEADLOCK ***

May be due to missing lock nesting notation

1 lock held by Xorg/2269:
#0: (&cli->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa012f3c4>] nouveau_abi16_get+0x34/0x100 [nouveau]

stack backtrace:
Pid: 2269, comm: Xorg Not tainted 3.7.0-rc1-wl+ #2
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff810bbc24>] print_deadlock_bug+0xf4/0x100
[<ffffffff810bdba9>] validate_chain+0x549/0x7e0
[<ffffffff810be1a7>] __lock_acquire+0x367/0x580
[<ffffffffa012a27f>] ? nouveau_bo_move_m2mf+0x5f/0x170 [nouveau]
[<ffffffff810be464>] lock_acquire+0xa4/0x120
[<ffffffffa012a27f>] ? nouveau_bo_move_m2mf+0x5f/0x170 [nouveau]
[<ffffffff8156c860>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x40/0x80
[<ffffffff81569217>] __mutex_lock_common+0x47/0x3f0
[<ffffffffa012a27f>] ? nouveau_bo_move_m2mf+0x5f/0x170 [nouveau]
[<ffffffffa011dd61>] ? nv84_graph_tlb_flush+0x291/0x2b0 [nouveau]
[<ffffffffa00b4be6>] ? _nouveau_gpuobj_wr32+0x26/0x30 [nouveau]
[<ffffffffa012a27f>] ? nouveau_bo_move_m2mf+0x5f/0x170 [nouveau]
[<ffffffff815696e7>] mutex_lock_nested+0x37/0x50
[<ffffffffa012a27f>] nouveau_bo_move_m2mf+0x5f/0x170 [nouveau]
[<ffffffffa012a783>] nouveau_bo_move+0xe3/0x330 [nouveau]
[<ffffffffa009619d>] ttm_bo_handle_move_mem+0x2bd/0x670 [ttm]
[<ffffffffa0098a1e>] ttm_bo_move_buffer+0x12e/0x150 [ttm]
[<ffffffffa0098ad9>] ttm_bo_validate+0x99/0x130 [ttm]
[<ffffffffa012add3>] nouveau_bo_validate+0x23/0x30 [nouveau]
[<ffffffffa012cd8e>] validate_list+0xae/0x2c0 [nouveau]
[<ffffffffa012dec2>] nouveau_gem_pushbuf_validate+0xa2/0x1e0 [nouveau]
[<ffffffffa012e22c>] nouveau_gem_ioctl_pushbuf+0x22c/0x8a0 [nouveau]
[<ffffffffa002c465>] drm_ioctl+0x355/0x570 [drm]
[<ffffffff8119349a>] ? do_sync_read+0xaa/0xf0
[<ffffffffa012e000>] ? nouveau_gem_pushbuf_validate+0x1e0/0x1e0 [nouveau]
[<ffffffff811a579c>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x8c/0x350
[<ffffffff81575745>] ? sysret_check+0x22/0x5d
[<ffffffff811a5b01>] sys_ioctl+0xa1/0xb0
[<ffffffff81291eee>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f
[<ffffffff81575719>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
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