Re: 2.6.22-rc6-mm1 -- BUG - EIP: [<c01a77a1>] sysfs_addrm_finish+0x1c2/0x226 SS:ESP 0068:c5ff9db8

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 09:32:32 -0700 "Miles Lane" <miles.lane@gmail.com> wrote:

> I tried to remove the ipw2200 module and hit this BUG.
> 
> kernel BUG at fs/sysfs/dir.c:271!
> invalid opcode: 0000 [#1]
> PREEMPT
> Modules linked in: i915 drm cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_powersave
> cpufreq_performance firewire_sbp2 parport_pc lp parport snd_intel8x0
> snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus pcmcia snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm
> snd_seq_dummy sdhci ipw2200 mmc_core yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic
> pcmcia_core ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device snd iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support
> soundcore snd_page_alloc firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t
> ehci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore
> CPU:    0
> EIP:    0060:[<c01a77a1>]    Not tainted VLI
> EFLAGS: 00010202   (2.6.22-rc6-mm1 #2)
> EIP is at sysfs_addrm_finish+0x1c2/0x226
> eax: 00000001   ebx: c5ff9dc0   ecx: c058aa40   edx: 00000001
> esi: c5ff9de8   edi: c37c3240   ebp: c5ff9e1c   esp: c5ff9db8
> ds: 007b   es: 007b   fs: 0000  gs: 0033  ss: 0068
> Process modprobe (pid: 3519, ti=c5ff9000 task=c5ef15e0 task.ti=c5ff9000)
> Stack: c03a3eda c5ff9e24 00000000 00000001 dead4ead ffffffff ffffffff c0657cf0
>        00000000 c046359d c5ff9de0 c5ff9de0 00000000 00000001 dead4ead ffffffff
>        ffffffff c0657cf0 00000000 c046359d c5ff9de0 c5ff9de0 c37c3240 c5ff9e24
> Call Trace:
>  [<c01a7833>] remove_dir+0x2e/0x35
>  [<c01a7894>] __sysfs_remove_dir+0x5a/0x61
>  [<c01a78d1>] sysfs_remove_dir+0x2c/0x30
>  [<c0239386>] kobject_del+0xf/0x19
>  [<c02b76c6>] device_del+0x254/0x27a
>  [<c0321215>] netdev_unregister_sysfs+0x1b/0x1e
>  [<c03168af>] unregister_netdevice+0x1c3/0x1fe
>  [<c03168fc>] unregister_netdev+0x12/0x1a
>  [<f89b102f>] ipw_pci_remove+0x59/0x1c4 [ipw2200]
>  [<c0252c28>] pci_device_remove+0x19/0x39
>  [<c02b966e>] __device_release_driver+0x74/0x90
>  [<c02b9b23>] driver_detach+0x9a/0xd7
>  [<c02b91ef>] bus_remove_driver+0x5d/0x79
>  [<c02b9b87>] driver_unregister+0x8/0xa
>  [<c0252d92>] pci_unregister_driver+0x13/0x55
>  [<f89b1c51>] ipw_exit+0x1c/0x1e [ipw2200]
>  [<c0144427>] sys_delete_module+0x1bd/0x22a
>  [<c01040be>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5f/0x99
>  [<ffffe410>] 0xffffe410
>  =======================
> INFO: lockdep is turned off.
> Code: d8 e8 30 58 09 00 ba 01 00 00 00 83 7f 0c 00 75 0c 8b 57 1c 80
> f6 01 c1 ea 08 83 e2 01 b8 40 aa 58 c0 e8 8f 5e 0a 00 85 c0 74 04 <0f>
> 0b eb fe 8d 55 a4 89 57 0c b8 00 00 00 80 0f c1 47 04 85 c0
> EIP: [<c01a77a1>] sysfs_addrm_finish+0x1c2/0x226 SS:ESP 0068:c5ff9db8

OK, thanks.  That's

--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void sysfs_deactivate(struct sysfs_diren
 	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait);
 	int v;
 
-	BUG_ON(sd->s_sibling);
+	BUG_ON(sd->s_sibling || !(sd->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED));
 	sd->s_sibling = (void *)&wait;
 
 	/* atomic_add_return() is a mb(), put_active() will always see

added by Tejun's
gregkh-driver-sysfs-implement-sysfs_flag_removed-flag.patch.

Probably it has tripped up some problem in the ipw2200 driver?


btw, we see here why

	BUG_ON(foo || bar);

is inferior to

	BUG_ON(foo);
	BUG_ON(bar);