Re: acpi_cpu_freq_init warning...

Greg KH
2008-05-06T06:48:59Z

On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 03:29:55PM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> > calling acpi_cpufreq_init+0x0/0x68()
> > sysdev: class cpu: driver (ffffffff80da0110) has already been
> > registered to a class, something is wrong, but will forge on!
> > ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > WARNING: at drivers/base/sys.c:183 sysdev_driver_register+0x82/0x150()
> > Modules linked in:
> > Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted
> > 2.6.26-rc1-sched-devel.git-x86-latest.git-00485-g253148c-dirty #333
>
> I've seen this too. The following patch seems to work for me.
> --
> OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
>
>
> [PATCH] Fix bogus warning in sysdev_driver_register()
>
> if ((drv->entry.next != drv->entry.prev) ||
> (drv->entry.next != NULL)) {
>
> warns list_empty(&drv->entry).

should we just call list_empty() here to make sure it is correct?

thanks,

greg k-h