Re: 2.6.22-rc6-mm1 -- BUG - EIP: [<c01a77a1>] sysfs_addrm_finish+0x1c2/0x226 SS:ESP 0068:c5ff9db8

[Miles Lane]

On 7/7/07, Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Miles Lane wrote:
> >> Weird, that's unrelated path.  It seems sd->s_parent is NULL in
> >> sysfs_link_sibling(), which doesn't make sense because it's being called
> >> from sysfs_create_link() which makes sure parent_sd isn't NULL &&
> >> sysfs_addrm_start() should have caused oops earlier as it deferences
> >> parent_sd.
> >>
> >> Can you please retry the test (test clean 2.6.22-rc6-mm1, apply patch,
> >> rebuild and test)?
> >
> > I downloaded linux-2.6.22-rc6.tar.bz2, applied 2.6.22-rc6-mm1 and then
> > applied your second patch.  I still get the same OOPS I reported to you
> > and Andrew in the image I attached to my previous message.
>
> Thanks a lot.  Just in case, if you remove the patch (patch -R -p1), the
> oops goes away, right?

I double-checked.  I can boot fine after building without your patch.
Also, I reproduced the initial BUG I reported (triggered by
"modprobe -r ipw2200").

    Miles
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