Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:50:57 +0530 | From | Dhaval Giani <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.22.14 oops msg with commvault galaxy ? |
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On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 05:50:59PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote: > > > > > > > + sa->attr.owner = NULL; > > > > > > sa->attr.name = name; > > > > > > > > > > i'm wondering why doesnt this affect 2.6.23 and later? Does sysfs > > > > > initialize the owner field to NULL automatically? > > > > > > > > Attibutes do not have an owner anymore: > > > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7b595756ec1f49e0049a9e01a1298d53a7faaa15 > > > > > > This one also fails to apply properly at the exact same place has > > > Ingo's previously posted patch. Would need to backport his one. > > > > It depends on a completely reworked sysfs logic, I don't think it > > makes any sense to backport that. > > well, if it fixes a live bug in a still supported stable kernel > release... > > Vincent, could you try to just get rid of all actual uses of > se->attr.owner, within fs/sysfs/*.c? Something like the patch below. > (totally untested - might be fatally broken as well) >
hmm. I am not too sure if it is a good idea. I think it will break a lot of drivers. But I will just wait for the sysfs experts to speak up thre.
-- regards, Dhaval
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