Re: [Bug #16161] [2.6.35-rc1 regression] sysfs: cannot createduplicate filename ... XVR-600 related?

From: Jesse Barnes
Date: Fri Jun 18 2010 - 16:12:46 EST


On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:52:25 +0200
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Saturday, June 12, 2010, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > Mikael Pettersson writes:
> > > Rafael J. Wysocki writes:
> > > > On Wednesday, June 09, 2010, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > > > > Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a summary report
> > > > > > of recent regressions.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > > > > > from 2.6.34. Please verify if it still should be listed and let the tracking team
> > > > > > know (either way).
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D16161
> > > > > > Subject : [2.6.35-rc1 regression] sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename =
> > > > > > ... XVR-600 related?
> > > > > > Submitter : Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Date : 2010-06-01 19:57 (8 days old)
> > > > > > Message-ID : <19461.26166.427857.612983@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > References : http://marc.info/?l=3Dlinux-kernel&m=3D127542227511925&w=3D2
> > > > >
> > > > > The bug is still there in 2.6.35-rc2. I haven't checked post-rc2 git snapshots.
> > > >
> > > > Please test post-rc2 too.
> > >
> > > The bug is still there in 2.6.35-rc2-git4.
> >
> > The bug appears to be gone in 2.6.35-rc3.
>
> Good.
>
> > I don't know which commit actually fixed it.
>
> Well, it would be useful information, but it's much more important it's not
> there anymore.

I reverted the symlink patch that was causing the trouble. The root
cause is elsewhere though; it seems some firmwares report duplicate PCI
slot numbers...

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Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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