Re: [next] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 66 at kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1298 __up_read

[Miquel Raynal]

Hello,

boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on Thu, 2 Dec 2021 14:19:58 +0100:

> On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 13:28:46 +0100
> Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 at 18:01, Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  
> > >
> > > [Please ignore this email if it is already reported]
> > >
> > > Regression found on qemu_arm64.
> > > Following kernel warnings reported on Linux next-20211130 while booting.    
> > 
> > I bisected down to 1ebe2e5f9d68 ("block: remove GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT")
> > 
> > and when I reverted 1ebe2e5f9d68 ("block: remove GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT") and the
> > 3 releated patches so patch 1ebe2e5f9d68 was reverted cleanly I
> > managed to boot without
> > a warning.
> > 
> > Related patches from next-20211130:
> > 9f18db572c97 ("block: don't set GENHD_FL_NO_PART for hidden gendisks")
> > 430cc5d3ab4d ("block: cleanup the GENHD_FL_* definitions")
> > a4561f9fccc5 ("sr: set GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE earlier")
> > 
> > With this said, if I revert 9d6abd489e70 ("mtd: core: protect access
> > to MTD devices while in suspend")
> > I didn't see the warning either.  
> 
> I think 9d6abd489e70 ("mtd: core: protect access to MTD devices while
> in suspend") is at fault here. Miquel, would you mind
> reverting/dropping the "mtd: core: protect access to mtd devices while
> in  suspend" series?

FYI I've just dropped the entire series. The change will probably be
effective in linux-next starting from next Monday.

> 
> > 
> > Any idea what can be wrong here or what a fix could be?
> > 
> > Only apply this patch from Geert
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/c26dfdf9ce56e92d23530a09db386b283e62845d.1638289204.git.geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx/
> > makes the warning go away too.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Anders  
> 


Thanks,
Miquèl