From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for August 14 (sysfs/acpi errors) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:38:28 -0700 Message-ID: <20080814083828.d10e126d.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> References: <20080814172945.250a27f2.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:12185 "EHLO rgminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750735AbYHNPi1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:38:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20080814172945.250a27f2.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen Rothwell , gregkh , ak@linux.intel.com Cc: linux-next@vger.kernel.org, LKML , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org calling param_sysfs_init+0x0/0x1e7 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:463 sysfs_add_one+0x35/0x3d() sysfs: duplicate filename 'acpi' can not be created Modules linked in: Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.27-rc3-next-20080814 #1 Call Trace: [] warn_slowpath+0xae/0xdd [] ? number+0x115/0x21f [] ? __next_cpu+0x19/0x26 [] ? find_busiest_group+0x25b/0x6ee [] ? string+0x3d/0xa2 [] ? idr_get_empty_slot+0x161/0x24e [] ? vsnprintf+0x389/0x678 [] ? sysfs_ilookup_test+0x0/0x14 [] ? ifind+0x3d/0xac [] ? sysfs_find_dirent+0x1c/0x31 [] ? __sysfs_add_one+0x1f/0x7c [] sysfs_add_one+0x35/0x3d [] create_dir+0x58/0x93 [] sysfs_create_dir+0x38/0x4f [] kobject_add_internal+0xce/0x18f [] kobject_add_varg+0x41/0x4d [] kobject_init_and_add+0x6e/0x7c [] ? kobject_uevent_env+0x350/0x37f [] ? param_sysfs_setup+0xe1/0x104 [] kernel_param_sysfs_setup+0x6b/0xc6 [] param_sysfs_init+0x163/0x1e7 [] ? ktime_get_ts+0x14/0x4e [] ? param_sysfs_init+0x0/0x1e7 [] _stext+0x47/0x13f [] ? register_irq_proc+0xb7/0xd3 [] kernel_init+0x11b/0x171 [] ? schedule_tail+0x28/0x60 [] child_rip+0xa/0x11 [] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x171 [] ? child_rip+0x0/0x11 ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da22 ]--- kobject_add_internal failed for acpi with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory. Pid: 1, comm: swapper Tainted: G W 2.6.27-rc3-next-20080814 #1 Call Trace: [] ? kobject_put+0x47/0x4b [] kobject_add_internal+0x14c/0x18f [] kobject_add_varg+0x41/0x4d [] kobject_init_and_add+0x6e/0x7c [] ? kobject_uevent_env+0x350/0x37f [] ? param_sysfs_setup+0xe1/0x104 [] kernel_param_sysfs_setup+0x6b/0xc6 [] param_sysfs_init+0x163/0x1e7 [] ? ktime_get_ts+0x14/0x4e [] ? param_sysfs_init+0x0/0x1e7 [] _stext+0x47/0x13f [] ? register_irq_proc+0xb7/0xd3 [] kernel_init+0x11b/0x171 [] ? schedule_tail+0x28/0x60 [] child_rip+0xa/0x11 [] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x171 [] ? child_rip+0x0/0x11 Module 'acpi' failed to be added to sysfs, error number -17 The system will be unstable now. initcall param_sysfs_init+0x0/0x1e7 returned 0 after 19 msecs --- ~Randy Linux Plumbers Conference, 17-19 September 2008, Portland, Oregon USA http://linuxplumbersconf.org/