linux-kernel - Re: EIP is at device

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Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:50:06 +0100
From:	"Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	"Greg KH" <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	"Yasunori Goto" <y-goto@...fujitsu.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Alexey Dobriyan" <adobriyan@...ru>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: EIP is at device_shutdown+0x32/0x60

On Nov 15, 2007 5:34 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 09:55:34PM +0900, Yasunori Goto wrote:
> > > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:11:58 +0300 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Three boxes rarely oops during reboot or poweroff with 2.6.24-rc2-mm1
> > > > (1) and during 2.6.24 cycle (2):
> > > >
> > > >   kernel_restart
> > > >   sys_reboot
> > > >   [garbage]
> > > > Code: 8b 88 a8 00 00 00 85 c9 74 04 89
> > > > EIP is at device_shutdown+0x32/0x60
> > >
> > > Yes, all my test boxes did that - it's what I referred to in the releaee
> > > notes.  Greg is pondering the problem - seem he's the only person who
> > > cannot reproduce it ;)
> >
> > Fortunately, my ia64 box reproduces this oops "every time".
> > So, I could chase it.
> >
> > device_shutdown() function in drivers/base/power/shutdown.c
> > is followings.
> > -----------
> > /**
> >  * device_shutdown - call ->shutdown() on each device to shutdown.
> >  */
> > void device_shutdown(void)
> > {
> >         struct device * dev, *devn;
> >
> >         list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(dev, devn, &devices_kset->list,
> >                                 kobj.entry) {
> >                 if (dev->bus && dev->bus->shutdown) {
> >                         dev_dbg(dev, "shutdown\n");
> >                         dev->bus->shutdown(dev);
> >                 } else if (dev->driver && dev->driver->shutdown) {
> >                         dev_dbg(dev, "shutdown\n");
> >                         dev->driver->shutdown(dev);
> >                 }
> >         }
> > }
> > --------
> > When oops occured, dev->driver pointed kset_ktype's address,
> > and dev->driver->shutdown was the address of bus_type_list.
> > So, Oops was caused by "Illegal operation fault".
> > kset_ktypes is pointed by system_kset.
> >
> > If my understanding is correct, this loop can't distinguish between
> > struct device and struct kset, but both are connected in this list,
> > right? It may be the cause of this.
>
> Hm, no, it should just be a list of devices for the kset, but I'll go
> verify that this is correct.

Care to try this:
  +       system_kset = kset_create_and_register("system", NULL,
  +                                              &devices_kset->kobj, NULL);

We should not join the kset, only use it as a parent.

Kay
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