WARNING: at drivers/base/core.c:119 kobject_release

[Christian Kujau]

Hi,

following 2.6.25-rc more closely now, I'm running yesterday's git version.
The first boot was fine, then the box crashed due to disk errors. During 
the next bootup, it barfed a few times with:

Device '2-2' does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed.
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: at drivers/base/core.c:119 kobject_release+0x42/0xa0()
Modules linked in: fuse sg sr_mod twofish_i586 twofish_common eeprom w83l785ts asb100 hwmon_vid hwmon usb_storage zd1211rw firmware_class snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec mac80211 ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd i2c_nforce2 cfg80211 soundcore snd_page_alloc i2c_core
Pid: 2385, comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 2.6.25-rc8 #1
 [<c011a90f>] warn_on_slowpath+0x5f/0xa0
 [<c011b17e>] release_console_sem+0x1de/0x200
 [<c02d4c52>] kobject_release+0x42/0xa0
 [<c02d4c10>] kobject_release+0x0/0xa0
 [<c02d5a39>] kref_put+0x29/0x60
 [<f8d47779>] _request_firmware+0x199/0x320 [firmware_class]
 [<f8d4798f>] request_firmware+0xf/0x14 [firmware_class]
 [<f8d876a8>] request_fw_file+0x18/0x60 [zd1211rw]
 [<f8d87ae8>] upload_firmware+0xa8/0x330 [zd1211rw]
 [<c013ac52>] trace_hardirqs_on+0xf2/0x130
 [<c0149890>] sync_page+0x0/0x50
 [<c045f6c0>] _read_unlock_irq+0x20/0x30
 [<c013ac52>] trace_hardirqs_on+0xf2/0x130
 [<c045f6c0>] _read_unlock_irq+0x20/0x30
 [<c0149b8f>] find_lock_page+0x8f/0xb0
 [<c045f824>] _spin_unlock+0x14/0x20
 [<c0156912>] __do_fault+0x1b2/0x390
 [<f8d87d82>] zd_usb_init_hw+0x12/0xa0 [zd1211rw]
 [<f8d85072>] zd_op_start+0x22/0xf0 [zd1211rw]
 [<f8fffaf3>] ieee80211_open+0x133/0x430 [mac80211]
 [<c011fc5d>] local_bh_enable_ip+0x5d/0xd0
 [<c03bd79e>] dev_open+0x6e/0xa0
 [<c03bd1e2>] dev_change_flags+0x82/0x1a0
 [<c03bad1d>] __dev_get_by_name+0x7d/0xa0
 [<c0403ba2>] devinet_ioctl+0x6f2/0x710
 [<c02dab32>] copy_to_user+0x42/0x130
 [<c03ae9c2>] sock_ioctl+0x72/0x260
 [<c03ae950>] sock_ioctl+0x0/0x260
 [<c0178fbf>] vfs_ioctl+0x1f/0x80
 [<c017923b>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x21b/0x2a0
 [<c01792fd>] sys_ioctl+0x3d/0x70
 [<c0102f26>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5f/0xa5
 =======================
---[ end trace d641ca65d10b75f9 ]---
usb 2-2: Could not load firmware file zd1211/zd1211_ub. Error number -2
zd1211rw 2-2:1.0: couldn't load firmware. Error number -2


The firmware needed for zd1211rw is of course in /lib/firmware/zd1211, as 
it was before (when it was working). The messages occured again a few 
times during bootup. When I did 'rmmod zd1211rw' the kernel printed:

 Device 'phy0' does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed.
 ------------[ cut here ]------------
 WARNING: at drivers/base/core.c:119 kobject_release+0x42/0xa0()
 Modules linked in: pppoe pppox ipt_REJECT xt_limit xt_state xt_multiport xt_tcpudp ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_nat_ftp nf_nat nf_conntrack_ftp xt_conntrack nf_conntrack iptable_filter ip_tables ipt_ULOG x_tables ppp_generic slhc nfsd lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss exportfs tun sunrpc fuse sg sr_mod twofish_i586 twofish_common eeprom w83l785ts asb100 hwmon_vid hwmon usb_storage zd1211rw(-) firmware_class snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec mac80211 ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd i2c_nforce2 cfg80211 soundcore snd_page_alloc i2c_core
 Pid: 5628, comm: rmmod Not tainted 2.6.25-rc8 #1
  [<c011a90f>] warn_on_slowpath+0x5f/0xa0
  [<c0116063>] __wake_up_common+0x43/0x70
  [<c0116ece>] __wake_up+0x3e/0x60
  [<c011af93>] wake_up_klogd+0x33/0x40
  [<c013ac52>] trace_hardirqs_on+0xf2/0x130
  [<c016989d>] kfree+0x9d/0x130
  [<c02d4c52>] kobject_release+0x42/0xa0
  [<c02d4c10>] kobject_release+0x0/0xa0
  [<c02d5a39>] kref_put+0x29/0x60
  [<c036c058>] usb_unbind_interface+0x38/0x90
  [<c031583d>] __device_release_driver+0x7d/0xd0
  [<c0315977>] driver_detach+0xe7/0xf0
  [<c0314b93>] bus_remove_driver+0x73/0xa0
  [<c036be48>] usb_deregister+0x88/0xa0
  [<f8d88bae>] usb_exit+0xa/0x14 [zd1211rw]
  [<c014465e>] sys_delete_module+0x15e/0x200
  [<c015b6af>] do_munmap+0x1ff/0x250
  [<c0102f61>] sysenter_past_esp+0x9a/0xa5
  [<c0102f26>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5f/0xa5
  =======================
 ---[ end trace d641ca65d10b75f9 ]---


Please see the .config and full dmesg: 
http://nerdbynature.de/bits/2.6.25-rc8/kobject_release/

I'm curious if this will happen again, as I'm currently unable to 
reproduce this one...

Thanks,
Christian.
--
BOFH excuse #218:

The UPS doesn't have a battery backup.
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