Re: [OOPS/HACK] atmel_cs and the latest changes in sysfs/symlink.c

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 08:02:40AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Friday 23 April 2004 07:25 am, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> > Hi Dmitry,
> > 
> > > The latest change in sysfs/symlink (conversion to use kobject_name instead
> > > of name fiedld directly) broke atmel_cs driver:
> > > 
> > > Apr 23 00:30:10 core kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1]
> > > Apr 23 00:30:10 core kernel: PREEMPT
> > > Apr 23 00:30:10 core kernel: CPU:    0
> > > Apr 23 00:30:10 core kernel: EIP:    0060:[<c0182ef9>]    Not tainted
> > > Apr 23 00:30:10 core kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246   (2.6.6-rc2)
> > > Apr 23 00:30:10 core kernel: EIP is at object_path_length+0x19/0x30
> <skip>
> > > Apr 23 00:30:10 core kernel: Call Trace:
> > > Apr 23 00:30:10 core kernel:  [<c0182f99>] sysfs_create_link+0x29/0x140
> > > Apr 23 00:30:10 core kernel:  [<c01ac578>] kobject_hotplug+0x58/0x60
> > > Apr 23 00:30:10 core kernel:  [<c0211490>] class_device_dev_link+0x30/0x40
> <skip>
> > > 
> > > Below is the "fix" that helps avoid oopsing, and should be removed when
> > > atmel_cs driver properly registers atmel_device.
> > 
> > I haven't tested it yet, but the same problem should apply to the
> > bt3c_cs driver for the 3Com Bluetooth card. Are there any patches
> > available that integrates the PCMCIA subsystem into the driver model, so
> > we don't have to hack around it if a firmware download is needed?
> > 
> I do not know. But the problem seems to be somewhat widespread - I just got
> oops with the following trace:
> 
>  [<c0182f99>] sysfs_create_link+0x29/0x140
>  [<c01ac578>] kobject_hotplug+0x58/0x60
>  [<c0211490>] class_device_dev_link+0x30/0x40
>  [<c02117ad>] class_device_add+0xed/0x130
>  [<e185ffab>] usb_register_dev+0x12b/0x170 [usbcore]
>  [<e1b2bf2a>] hiddev_connect+0x7a/0x120 [usbhid]
> 
> I think we should not oops, just complain loudly, when we come across a
> kobject which has never beek kobject_add()ed, like in patch below.

No, we need to oops, as that's a real bug.  Can you post the whole oops
that was generated with this usb problem?  I can't seem to duplicate
this here.

thanks,

greg k-h