I got the following trace with current net-next kernel :

[14723.885290] WARNING: CPU: 26 PID: 22658 at kernel/sched/core.c:7285 __might_sleep+0x89/0xa0()
[14723.885325] do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=1 set at [<ffffffff810e8734>] prepare_to_wait_exclusive+0x34/0xa0
[14723.885355] CPU: 26 PID: 22658 Comm: netserver Not tainted 4.0.0-dbg-DEV #1379
[14723.885359]  ffffffff81a223a8 ffff881fae9e7ca8 ffffffff81650b5d 0000000000000001
[14723.885364]  ffff881fae9e7cf8 ffff881fae9e7ce8 ffffffff810a72e7 0000000000000000
[14723.885367]  ffffffff81a57620 000000000000093a 0000000000000000 ffff881fae9e7e64
[14723.885371] Call Trace:
[14723.885377]  [<ffffffff81650b5d>] dump_stack+0x4c/0x65
[14723.885382]  [<ffffffff810a72e7>] warn_slowpath_common+0x97/0xe0
[14723.885386]  [<ffffffff810a73e6>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50
[14723.885390]  [<ffffffff810f4c5d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10d/0x1d0
[14723.885393]  [<ffffffff810e8734>] ? prepare_to_wait_exclusive+0x34/0xa0
[14723.885396]  [<ffffffff810e8734>] ? prepare_to_wait_exclusive+0x34/0xa0
[14723.885399]  [<ffffffff810ccdc9>] __might_sleep+0x89/0xa0
[14723.885403]  [<ffffffff81581846>] lock_sock_nested+0x36/0xb0
[14723.885406]  [<ffffffff815829a3>] ? release_sock+0x173/0x1c0
[14723.885411]  [<ffffffff815ea1f7>] inet_csk_accept+0x157/0x2a0
[14723.885415]  [<ffffffff810e8900>] ? abort_exclusive_wait+0xc0/0xc0
[14723.885419]  [<ffffffff8161b96d>] inet_accept+0x2d/0x150
[14723.885424]  [<ffffffff8157db6f>] SYSC_accept4+0xff/0x210
[14723.885428]  [<ffffffff8165a451>] ? retint_swapgs+0xe/0x44
[14723.885431]  [<ffffffff810f4c5d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10d/0x1d0
[14723.885437]  [<ffffffff81369c0e>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f
[14723.885441]  [<ffffffff8157ef40>] SyS_accept+0x10/0x20
[14723.885444]  [<ffffffff81659872>] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x17
[14723.885447] ---[ end trace ff74cd83355b1873 ]---

In commit 26cabd31
Peter added a sched_annotate_sleep() in sk_wait_event()

Is the following patch needed as well ?

Alternative would be to use sk_wait_event() from inet_csk_wait_for_connect()
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>