linux-kernel - Re: [crash, bisected] I2C, kobject (ffff81003e8c4160): tried to init an initialized object (was: Re: [GIT PULL] i2c updates for 2.6.27, round 1)

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Message-ID: <20080717224221.GB28108@suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:42:21 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Linux I2C <i2c@...sensors.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [crash, bisected] I2C, kobject (ffff81003e8c4160): tried to
	init  an initialized object (was: Re: [GIT PULL] i2c updates for
	2.6.27, round 1)

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:07:02AM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > btw., Greg, the kobject debugging check and output is really nice, 
> > informative and useful! It likely pinpoints the real bug here.
> 
> Is this something new in 2.6.26-gitX? I want to know if the bug is
> something new or if it could be already present in 2.6.26 and earlier
> kernels and went unnoticed so far.

It is in 2.6.26 as I haven't merged any patches with Linus yet, portions
of it might be in older kernels, but not in the same type of format.

thanks,

greg k-h
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