Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:55:23 +0800 | From | "Dave Young" <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.24-rc2-mm1 |
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On Nov 16, 2007 8:49 AM, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 08:39:12AM +0800, Dave Young wrote: > > On Nov 16, 2007 3:23 AM, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 10:19:48AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 06:02:07PM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Jiri Kosina wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd suspect the driver tree. I think I'll need to do a quick -mm2 > > > > > > > without that tree present. > > > > > > I am just verifying whether reverting kset changes fixes this, will let > > > > > > you know soon. > > > > > > > > > > OK, so I reverted > > > > > gregkh-driver-kset-convert-block_subsys-to-use-kset_create (which made me > > > > > also revert gregkh-driver-kobject-remove-subsystem_register-functions and > > > > > gregkh-driver-kset-remove-decl_subsys-macro so that we compile). Both the > > > > > error message from lockdep and more importantly the spinlock lockup have > > > > > gone, and the system with these patches reverted boots for me fine. > > > > > > > > > > Well not that fine, I still see (which is the same backtrace that caused > > > > > the lockup with plain -rc2-mm1, but doesn't make the machine hang): > > > > > > > > > > floppy0: Floppy io-port 0x03f2 in use > > > > > WARNING: at lib/kref.c:33 kref_get() > > > > > > > > > > Call Trace: > > > > > [<ffffffff8035bd43>] kobject_add+0x9b/0x197 > > > > > [<ffffffff8035c6e1>] kref_get+0x2f/0x36 > > > > > [<ffffffff8035b82f>] kobject_get+0x12/0x17 > > > > > [<ffffffff8035bd55>] kobject_add+0xad/0x197 > > > > > [<ffffffff802c9a36>] register_disk+0x48/0x205 > > > > > [<ffffffff80355cf3>] add_disk+0x34/0x3d > > > > > [<ffffffff8083cd99>] rd_init+0x172/0x1e1 > > > > > [<ffffffff8082063a>] kernel_init+0x175/0x2e6 > > > > > [<ffffffff8025193c>] trace_hardirqs_on+0x115/0x139 > > > > > [<ffffffff80598769>] trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x35/0x3a > > > > > [<ffffffff8025193c>] trace_hardirqs_on+0x115/0x139 > > > > > [<ffffffff8020c628>] child_rip+0xa/0x12 > > > > > [<ffffffff8020bd3f>] restore_args+0x0/0x30 > > > > > [<ffffffff808204c5>] kernel_init+0x0/0x2e6 > > > > > [<ffffffff8020c61e>] child_rip+0x0/0x12 > > > > > > > > someone is trying to call kref_get on a kobject that has not been > > > > initialized yet, which could be the reason the newer patches break > > > > something, as the pointers are not set up properly with a call to > > > > kobject_init() first. > > > > > > > > But, alloc_disk() should have been called on this gendisk for it to work > > > > properly at all, unless something is trashing that structure? > > > > > > > > I'm way confused... > > > > > > This patch, as found by Dave Young, should fix the issue: > > > > > > I'll roll it into my larger patchset so that Andrew will get it > > > automatically next release, but here it is for people to use now. > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > greg k-h > > > > > > -------------- > > > > > > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> > > > Subject: fix bug with adding new block devices in -mm > > > > > > need to set the kset before initializing the kobject. > > > > > > > > > --- > > > block/genhd.c | 2 +- > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > --- a/block/genhd.c > > > +++ b/block/genhd.c > > > @@ -718,9 +718,9 @@ struct gendisk *alloc_disk_node(int mino > > > } > > > } > > > disk->minors = minors; > > > - kobject_init(&disk->kobj); > > > disk->kobj.kset = block_kset; > > > disk->kobj.ktype = &ktype_block; > > > + kobject_init(&disk->kobj); > > > rand_initialize_disk(disk); > > > INIT_WORK(&disk->async_notify, > > > media_change_notify_thread); > > > > > > - > > Hi, > > Could you please add signed-off by me? > > > > Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> > > Sure, but I've modified the original patch to not include this bug in > the first place, so there's really not much to sign off on there, sorry. > > I will add your name as helping out with it, if that's ok. > Ok, thanks.
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