Re: [Bug #14626] oops on boot starting udev

Dmitry Torokhov
2009-11-17T04:01:05Z

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 03:59:03AM +0100, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 18:04 -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 05:14:55PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:37:48PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> > > > of recent regressions.
> > > >
> > > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > > > from 2.6.31. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know
> > > > (either way).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14626
> > > > Subject : oops on boot starting udev
> > > > Submitter : Soeren Sonnenburg <sonne-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
> > > > Date : 2009-11-14 10:16 (3 days old)
> > > > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125819380206800&w=4
> > >
> > > This looks like an input core problem, as the evdev module was just
> > > loaded and died.
> > >
> > > Any input developers have any ideas?
> > >
> >
> >
> > Hmm, evdev does:
> >
> > dev_set_name(&evdev->dev, "event%d", minor);
> >
> > Not sure how it can go wrong...
>
> Anything I should/could do to narrow it down a bit (apart from
> bisecting?).
>

Umm, I looked through the changes between -rc6 and 7 but nothing jumped
out at me... You don't happen to have any local changes in your tree?

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Dmitry