linux-kernel - Re: blank filenames in /sys/modules, kernel 2.6.21

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Date:	Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:50:46 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	USB development list <linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: blank filenames in /sys/modules, kernel 2.6.21

On 06/08/2007 02:07 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 02:00:37PM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
>> We just found a file with this name in 2.6.21:
>>
>> Directory name: /sys/module/nousb/parameters
>> File name:      ""
> 
> Hm, something went wrong there, 'nousb' should not be a module.
> 
> Do you have the usbcore built into the kernel, or as a module?

CONFIG_USB=y, so I guess it's built in.

> 
>> IOW the file has an empty name. Is this intentional?
>> It sure confuses updatedb...
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242715
> 
> I don't see the empty directory here:
> /sys/module/nousb/parameters $ ls -la
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Jun  8 11:04 .
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    0 Jun  4 16:59 ..
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jun  8 11:04 usbcore.autosuspend
> 
> Care to send me a .config?
> 

Attached.

View attachment "kernel-2.6.21-i686.config" of type "text/plain" (72695 bytes)