Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: Use init_utsname()->release

[John Garry]

On 27/02/2024 13:50, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 01:02:26PM +0000, John Garry wrote:
> > On 27/02/2024 12:59, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > > What kernel are you seeing this issue on?
> > I was testing v6.8-rc5 last week
> I cannot reproduce a hung task there either on that kernel.
>
> I see this:
>
> sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/virtual/misc/test_firmware/nope-test-firmware.bin'
>
> But these are expected as the selftests tries silly things to ensure
> they are not allowed.
>
> If you can reproduce it there, it would be appreciated if you look underneath
> the hood a bit, or share anything glaring and obvious which may help
> reproduce this.

Update: commenting-out /lib/udev/rules.d/50-firmware.rules seems to make 
the test reliably pass for v6.8-rc5, but not with my patch on top - I 
still get a hang there. I'll investigate that hang with my patch.

Thanks,
John