Description of problem: During each boot I see this: [...] libata version 2.00 loaded. device-mapper: ioctl: 4.7.0-ioctl (2006-06-24) initialised: dm-devel ============================================= [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] 2.6.17-1.2630.fc6 #1 --------------------------------------------- init/1 is trying to acquire lock: (&md->io_lock){----}, at: [<ffffffff880ed654>] dm_request+0x25/0x130 [dm_mod] but task is already holding lock: (&md->io_lock){----}, at: [<ffffffff880ed654>] dm_request+0x25/0x130 [dm_mod] other info that might help us debug this: 1 lock held by init/1: #0: (&md->io_lock){----}, at: [<ffffffff880ed654>] dm_request+0x25/0x130 [dm_mod] stack backtrace: Call Trace: [<ffffffff8026e97d>] show_trace+0xae/0x336 [<ffffffff8026ec1a>] dump_stack+0x15/0x17 [<ffffffff802a844c>] __lock_acquire+0x135/0xa64 [<ffffffff802a931e>] lock_acquire+0x4b/0x69 [<ffffffff802a5dfb>] down_read+0x3e/0x4a [<ffffffff880ed654>] :dm_mod:dm_request+0x25/0x130 [<ffffffff8021cf27>] generic_make_request+0x21a/0x235 [<ffffffff880ec402>] :dm_mod:__map_bio+0xca/0x104 [<ffffffff880ece48>] :dm_mod:__split_bio+0x16a/0x36b [<ffffffff880ed74c>] :dm_mod:dm_request+0x11d/0x130 [<ffffffff8021cf27>] generic_make_request+0x21a/0x235 [<ffffffff80235e72>] submit_bio+0xd3/0xdc [<ffffffff8021b363>] submit_bh+0x100/0x124 [<ffffffff802e22c2>] block_read_full_page+0x283/0x2a1 [<ffffffff802e4aae>] blkdev_readpage+0x13/0x15 [<ffffffff80213573>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x17b/0x1fc [<ffffffff80234deb>] blockable_page_cache_readahead+0x5f/0xc1 [<ffffffff8021476c>] page_cache_readahead+0x146/0x1bb [<ffffffff8020c2ba>] do_generic_mapping_read+0x157/0x4b4 [<ffffffff8020c772>] __generic_file_aio_read+0x15b/0x1b1 [<ffffffff802c8c5a>] generic_file_read+0xc6/0xe0 [<ffffffff8020b615>] vfs_read+0xcc/0x172 [<ffffffff80212194>] sys_read+0x47/0x6f [<ffffffff8026060e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 DWARF2 unwinder stuck at system_call+0x7e/0x83 Leftover inexact backtrace: usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2 [...] Doesn't do any harm here, system works fine afterwards. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.17-1.2630.fc6 How reproducible: Always
A known problem (on lkml in July) but we haven't fixed it yet.
*** Bug 208335 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 204311 ***