000013a80 ffff8800020347e0 ffff88007d775fd8 0000000000013a80 ffff880133730000 ffff880002034440 ffffea0004333db8 ffffffffa071c020 Call Trace: [] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xf7/0x180 [] mutex_lock+0x2b/0x50 [] nbd_ioctl+0x6c/0x1c0 [nbd] [] blkdev_ioctl+0x230/0x730 [] block_ioctl+0x41/0x50 [] do_vfs_ioctl+0x93/0x370 [] sys_ioctl+0x81/0xa0 [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Instrumenting the nbd module's ioctl handler with some extra logging clearly shows the NBD_DO_IT ioctl being invoked which is a long-lived ioctl in the sense that it doesn't return until another ioctl asks the driver to disconnect. However, that other ioctl blocks, waiting for the module-level mutex that replaced the BKL, and then we're stuck. This patch removes the module-level mutex altogether. It's clearly wrong, and as far as I can see, it's entirely unnecessary, since the nbd driver maintains per-device mutexes, and I don't see anything that would require a module-level (or kernel-level, for that matter) mutex. Signed-off-by: Soren Hansen Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Acked-by: Paul Clements Cc: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: [2.6.37.x] Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds ;臝6x