Re: 2.6.19-rc3: known unfixed regressions (v3)

Michael S. Tsirkin
2006-10-30T17:54:49Z

Quoting r. Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>:
> Subject: Re: 2.6.19-rc3: known unfixed regressions (v3)
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >> The code is related to bd_claim_by_disk which is called when
> >> device-mapper or md tries to mark the underlying devices
> >> for exclusive use and creates symlinks from/to the devices
> >> in sysfs. The patch added error handlings which weren't in
> >> the original code.
> >>
> >> I have no idea how it affects ACPI event handling.
> >
> > It's a mystery. Probably exposes a bug somewhere?
> >
> >> Are you using dm and/or md on your machine?
> >
> > The .config is attached to bugzilla.
>
> OK, I found you disabled CONFIG_MD, which means neither
> dm.ko nor md.ko was built.
> Do you have any out-of-tree kernel modules which call either
> bd_claim_by_kobject or bd_claim_by_disk?

No, I don't have any out-of-tree modules.

> If you aren't using either of them, I'm afraid reverting
> the patch doesn't really solve your problem because the patched
> code is called only from them.

I agree this could be just papering over some issue.
The test results (of both git-bisect and reverting the patch) seem to be pretty
consistent so far though. Keep me posted if you rework the patch.

> >> Have you seen any unusual kernel messages or symptoms regarding
> >> dm/md before the ACPI problem occurs?
> >
> > I haven't.
>
> Thanks,

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