Description of problem: After boot and starting KDE and kmail, dmesg shows this: [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] 2.6.17-1.3001.fc5 #1 --------------------------------------------- kio_pop3/2426 is trying to acquire lock: (slock-AF_INET6){-+..}, at: [<c05a0110>] sk_clone+0xb9/0x2c0 but task is already holding lock: (slock-AF_INET6){-+..}, at: [<f8bb896d>] tcp_v6_rcv+0x308/0x6c3 [ipv6] other info that might help us debug this: 1 lock held by kio_pop3/2426: #0: (slock-AF_INET6){-+..}, at: [<f8bb896d>] tcp_v6_rcv+0x308/0x6c3 [ipv6] stack backtrace: [<c0403f8e>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x58/0x171 [<c040456d>] show_trace+0xd/0x10 [<c040460a>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b [<c0431410>] __lock_acquire+0x75f/0x986 [<c0431ba8>] lock_acquire+0x4b/0x6b [<c05fb928>] _spin_lock+0x19/0x28 [<c05a0110>] sk_clone+0xb9/0x2c0 [<c05c6fcd>] inet_csk_clone+0xd/0x5e [<c05d75c8>] tcp_create_openreq_child+0x1b/0x391 [<f8bb7691>] tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock+0x248/0x55c [ipv6] [<c05d7aee>] tcp_check_req+0x1b0/0x2b1 [<f8bb69c6>] tcp_v6_do_rcv+0x142/0x334 [ipv6] [<f8bb8cd9>] tcp_v6_rcv+0x674/0x6c3 [ipv6] [<f8b9f991>] ip6_input+0x1bd/0x249 [ipv6] [<f8b9fe2a>] ipv6_rcv+0x19f/0x1cd [ipv6] [<c05a613b>] netif_receive_skb+0x202/0x25e [<c05a78fb>] process_backlog+0x80/0xdf [<c05a7abb>] net_rx_action+0x80/0x162 [<c041fcf1>] __do_softirq+0x46/0x9c [<c040517c>] do_softirq+0x4d/0xb1 [<c041fbc4>] local_bh_enable_ip+0x9b/0xc1 [<c05fb8c6>] _spin_unlock_bh+0x25/0x28 [<c059ef4f>] release_sock+0xb9/0xc1 [<c05df513>] inet_stream_connect+0x205/0x20f [<c059df1e>] sys_connect+0x67/0x84 [<c059e580>] sys_socketcall+0x8c/0x186 [<c0402dbf>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb DWARF2 unwinder stuck at syscall_call+0x7/0xb Leftover inexact backtrace: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.17-1.3001.fc5 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot 2. start kde 3. start kmail Actual results: backtrace above Expected results: nothing Additional info: I have multiple POP accounts defined in my kmail configuration. These are all automatically checked when kmail is started.
queued for inclusion in the next FC5 update kernel.
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
After yum install 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5, dmesg trace is gone.
Partly because I disabled the lock validator :) (It has pretty heavy runtime overhead). But this did get fixed for real too.