linux-kernel - Re: Oops when accessing /proc/lockdep

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Date:	Fri, 8 Aug 2008 02:23:41 +0530
From:	Rabin Vincent <rabin@....in>
To:	Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
	mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: Oops when accessing /proc/lockdep_chains

On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 02:41:34PM +0200, Eric Sesterhenn wrote:
> * Eric Sesterhenn (snakebyte@....de) wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > with current -git (aka -rc2) i sometime get the following oops
> > when doing a cat /proc/lockdep_chains
> > The other /proc/lockdep* files dont cause any errors
> > 
> > I dont get it after a fresh reboot :| But was able to reproduce it when
> > running my testscripts, I'll try to narrow it down.
> 
> I can easily reproduce this with
> 
> modprobe rcutorture; sleep 10s; rmmod rcutorture; cat
> /proc/lockdep_chains > /dev/null

Indeed, it oopses after any module which creates a lock is unloaded.
I'll send a patch for this shortly.

Rabin
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