lockdep just caught this one:

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[ INFO: inconsistent lock state ]
2.6.24 #38
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inconsistent {in-softirq-W} -> {softirq-on-W} usage.
swapper/1 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:
 (pgd_lock){-+..}, at: [<ffffffff8022a9ea>] mm_init+0x1da/0x250
{in-softirq-W} state was registered at:
  [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
irq event stamp: 394559
hardirqs last  enabled at (394559): [<ffffffff80267f0a>] get_page_from_freelist+0x30a/0x4c0
hardirqs last disabled at (394558): [<ffffffff80267d25>] get_page_from_freelist+0x125/0x4c0
softirqs last  enabled at (393952): [<ffffffff80232f8e>] __do_softirq+0xce/0xe0
softirqs last disabled at (393945): [<ffffffff8020c57c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30

other info that might help us debug this:
no locks held by swapper/1.

stack backtrace:
Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.24 #38

Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8024e1fb>] print_usage_bug+0x18b/0x190
 [<ffffffff8024f55d>] mark_lock+0x53d/0x560
 [<ffffffff8024fffa>] __lock_acquire+0x3ca/0xed0
 [<ffffffff80250ba8>] lock_acquire+0xa8/0xe0
 [<ffffffff8022a9ea>] ? mm_init+0x1da/0x250
 [<ffffffff809bcd10>] _spin_lock+0x30/0x70
 [<ffffffff8022a9ea>] mm_init+0x1da/0x250
 [<ffffffff8022aa99>] mm_alloc+0x39/0x50
 [<ffffffff8028b95a>] bprm_mm_init+0x2a/0x1a0
 [<ffffffff8028d12b>] do_execve+0x7b/0x220
 [<ffffffff80209776>] sys_execve+0x46/0x70
 [<ffffffff8020c214>] kernel_execve+0x64/0xd0
 [<ffffffff8020901e>] ? _stext+0x1e/0x20
 [<ffffffff802090ba>] init_post+0x9a/0xf0
 [<ffffffff809bc5f6>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x35/0x3a
 [<ffffffff8024f75a>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xba/0xd0
 [<ffffffff8020c1a8>] ? child_rip+0xa/0x12
 [<ffffffff8020bcbc>] ? restore_args+0x0/0x44
 [<ffffffff8020c19e>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x12

turns out that pgd_lock has been used on 64-bit x86 in an irq-unsafe
way for almost two years, since commit 8c914cb7.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>