2.6.30-rc1 problems with firmware loading

From: Ben Castricum
Date: Sun Apr 12 2009 - 02:28:28 EST



I seem to have some problems with firmware loading since 2.6.30-rc1. Each request seems to time out and reports like these are appearing:

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WARNING: at include/linux/security.h:1889 security_vm_enough_memory+0x26/0x41()
Hardware name: HP d530 SFF(PL110ES)
Modules linked in: tg3 firmware_class libphy cdc_acm uhci_hcd ehci_hcd usbcore lm85 hwmon_vid hwmon i2c_i801 softdog rtc ext4 jbd2 crc16
Pid: 1105, comm: khelper Not tainted 2.6.30-rc1-00204-gb0cbc86 #229
Call Trace:
[<b0124415>] warn_slowpath+0x71/0xa8
[<b014b90e>] ? get_page_from_freelist+0x2f0/0x36c
[<b014babf>] ? __alloc_pages_internal+0x96/0x369
[<b014dcf3>] ? lru_cache_add_lru+0x27/0x29
[<b015c7d9>] ? page_add_new_anon_rmap+0x58/0x65
[<b015951d>] security_vm_enough_memory+0x26/0x41
[<b01598cb>] expand_downwards+0x9f/0xf9
[<b015995e>] find_extend_vma+0x2f/0x51
[<b0157397>] __get_user_pages+0x6e/0x29e
[<b01575f0>] get_user_pages+0x29/0x30
[<b0168faa>] get_arg_page+0x2d/0x80
[<b01690c0>] copy_strings+0xc3/0x160
[<b016a21e>] do_execve+0x1ca/0x31a
[<b0101621>] sys_execve+0x26/0x53
[<b0102935>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
[<b011007b>] ? lapic_resume+0x79/0x1de
[<b0105beb>] ? kernel_execve+0x17/0x1c
[<b012ff5b>] ? ____call_usermodehelper+0x0/0x118
[<b0130069>] ? ____call_usermodehelper+0x10e/0x118
[<b012ff5b>] ? ____call_usermodehelper+0x0/0x118
[<b010330f>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
---[ end trace 76b9b878a630753f ]---
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WARNING: at include/linux/security.h:1889 security_vm_enough_memory+0x26/0x41()
Hardware name: HP d530 SFF(PL110ES)
Modules linked in: tg3 firmware_class libphy cdc_acm uhci_hcd ehci_hcd usbcore lm85 hwmon_vid hwmon i2c_i801 softdog rtc ext4 jbd2 crc16
Pid: 1105, comm: khelper Tainted: G W 2.6.30-rc1-00204-gb0cbc86 #229
Call Trace:
[<b0124415>] warn_slowpath+0x71/0xa8
[<b0117d00>] ? kmap_atomic_to_page+0x12/0x4e
[<b014b90e>] ? get_page_from_freelist+0x2f0/0x36c
[<b014babf>] ? __alloc_pages_internal+0x96/0x369
[<b015951d>] security_vm_enough_memory+0x26/0x41
[<b01598cb>] expand_downwards+0x9f/0xf9
[<b015995e>] find_extend_vma+0x2f/0x51
[<b0157397>] __get_user_pages+0x6e/0x29e
[<b01575f0>] get_user_pages+0x29/0x30
[<b0168faa>] get_arg_page+0x2d/0x80
[<b01690c0>] copy_strings+0xc3/0x160
[<b016a21e>] do_execve+0x1ca/0x31a
[<b0101621>] sys_execve+0x26/0x53
[<b0102935>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
[<b011007b>] ? lapic_resume+0x79/0x1de
[<b0105beb>] ? kernel_execve+0x17/0x1c
[<b012ff5b>] ? ____call_usermodehelper+0x0/0x118
[<b0130069>] ? ____call_usermodehelper+0x10e/0x118
[<b012ff5b>] ? ____call_usermodehelper+0x0/0x118
[<b010330f>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
---[ end trace 76b9b878a6307540 ]---

hope this helps.

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