linux-kernel - Re: Oops/Warning report for the week of September 10th, 2008

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Message-ID: <48C9858C.6040403@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:54:36 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Oops/Warning report for the week of September 10th, 2008

Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 06:56:25AM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>> Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:16:48PM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>>>> Rank 2: sysfs_add_one (warning)
>>>> 	Reported 215 times (3751 total reports)
>>>> 	Duplicate sysfs registration; mostly in USB audio
>>>> 	This warning was last seen in version 2.6.27-rc5, and first seen in 
>>>> 2.6.24-rc6.
>>>> 	More info: http://www.kerneloops.org/searchweek.php?search=sysfs_add_one
>>> Is there any way to break this one down further by caller so we can try
>>> to narrow it down?  I thought you did that for other types of warnings
>>> in the past (may_sleep(), etc.)
>> ok I think I got this one sorted;
>> your entry is now replaced by
>>
>> Rank 4: snd_card_register (warning)
>> 	Reported 146 times (2594 total reports)
>> 	This warning was last seen in version 2.6.25.14, and first seen in 2.6.24.
>> 	More info: 
>> http://www.kerneloops.org/searchweek.php?search=snd_card_register
>>
>> which is ALL usb audio... (so I might have to also skip snd_card_register 
>> in the backtrace, but I'll leave that between you and the alsa guys)
> 
> Yes, that's much better thanks.  I think that has now been fixed by
> the ALSA people, as seen by no reports 2.6.26 and onward.

sounds like a -stable candidate to me

(also be careful with the "2.6.26+" comment; most test data is from 2.6.25 still
until Fedora pushes their 2.6.26 kernel)
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