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Date:	Mon, 25 May 2009 14:01:36 +0200
From:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...stanetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 25/20] sysfs: Only support removing emtpy sysfs 
 directories.

On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 13:45 +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 04:06, Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:

> > by the way -- so it's a little difficult to trigger.
> 
> I can trigger it pretty reliable now on plain -rc7 , but only with
> more hubs in-between the storage device. It usually take less than
> 10-15 connect/disconnect cycles.
> 
> It looks like a serious bug though, after the bug triggered, random,
> likely unrelated, applications crash, and I can not cleanly shot down
> anymore.
> 
> > I posted a patch, but the
> > reporter never said whether or not the patch fixed the problem.  Hence
> > the patch hasn't been submitted.
> >
> > Here it is for you to try out.
> 
> I'll give it try now.

It still shows the same issue. Here is the trace with the target
directory left-over, when the host directory goes away: "host5/target5:0:0",
and the devpath with the parents lost "path = '/host5/target5:0:0'":

Thanks,
Kay


[   58.399021] kobject: 'host5' (ffff88012c52b558): kobject_uevent_env
[   58.399041] kobject: 'host5' (ffff88012c52b558): fill_kobj_path: path = '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/2-2.4/2-2.4:1.0/host5/scsi_host/host5'
[   58.399213] kobject: 'scsi_host' (ffff88012548cdd0): kobject_cleanup
[   58.399217] kobject: 'scsi_host' (ffff88012548cdd0): auto cleanup kobject_del
[   58.399236] kobject: 'scsi_host' (ffff88012548cdd0): calling ktype release
[   58.399239] kobject: (ffff88012548cdd0): dynamic_kobj_release
[   58.399243] kobject: 'scsi_host': free name
[   58.399247] kobject: 'host5' (ffff88012c52b558): kobject_cleanup
[   58.399250] kobject: 'host5' (ffff88012c52b558): calling ktype release
[   58.399255] kobject: 'host5': free name
[   58.399315] kobject: 'host5' (ffff88012c52b388): kobject_uevent_env
[   58.399335] kobject: 'host5' (ffff88012c52b388): fill_kobj_path: path = '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2/2-2.4/2-2.4:1.0/host5'
[   58.399484] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[   58.399493] WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:794 sysfs_remove_dir+0xb2/0xd0()
[   58.399497] Hardware name: 2776LEG
[   58.399499] XXX dir: host5/target5:0:0
...
[   58.399594] Pid: 226, comm: khubd Not tainted 2.6.30-rc7-dirty #40
[   58.399598] Call Trace:
[   58.399605]  [<ffffffff8023c6a8>] warn_slowpath_common+0x78/0xb0
[   58.399610]  [<ffffffff8023c73c>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x3c/0x40
[   58.399614]  [<ffffffff803229f6>] ? sysfs_addrm_start+0x76/0xd0
[   58.399619]  [<ffffffff80323012>] sysfs_remove_dir+0xb2/0xd0
[   58.399626]  [<ffffffff803e5036>] kobject_del+0x16/0x40
[   58.399632]  [<ffffffff80477645>] device_del+0x165/0x1a0
[   58.399638]  [<ffffffff8048256f>] scsi_remove_host+0xcf/0x120
[   58.399652]  [<ffffffffa02fd3cb>] quiesce_and_remove_host+0x6b/0xb0 [usb_storage]
[   58.399662]  [<ffffffffa02fd4f8>] usb_stor_disconnect+0x18/0x30 [usb_storage]
[   58.399686]  [<ffffffffa0062fae>] usb_unbind_interface+0x6e/0x140 [usbcore]
[   58.399694]  [<ffffffff80479e29>] __device_release_driver+0x59/0xa0
[   58.399699]  [<ffffffff80479f68>] device_release_driver+0x28/0x40
[   58.399704]  [<ffffffff8047927c>] bus_remove_device+0xac/0xe0
[   58.399709]  [<ffffffff80477607>] device_del+0x127/0x1a0
[   58.399726]  [<ffffffffa005fb77>] usb_disable_device+0xa7/0x130 [usbcore]
[   58.399744]  [<ffffffffa005a818>] usb_disconnect+0xc8/0x140 [usbcore]
[   58.399761]  [<ffffffffa005a804>] usb_disconnect+0xb4/0x140 [usbcore]
[   58.399778]  [<ffffffffa005b8db>] hub_thread+0x50b/0x1230 [usbcore]
[   58.399784]  [<ffffffff80565a56>] ? _spin_unlock_irq+0x26/0x30
[   58.399790]  [<ffffffff80237d1e>] ? finish_task_switch+0x7e/0x140
[   58.399795]  [<ffffffff80237cdb>] ? finish_task_switch+0x3b/0x140
[   58.399802]  [<ffffffff802549e0>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
[   58.399818]  [<ffffffffa005b3d0>] ? hub_thread+0x0/0x1230 [usbcore]
[   58.399823]  [<ffffffff802545b5>] kthread+0x55/0xa0
[   58.399829]  [<ffffffff8020cf3a>] child_rip+0xa/0x20
[   58.399833]  [<ffffffff80254560>] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0
[   58.399838]  [<ffffffff8020cf30>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
[   58.399842] ---[ end trace a5fdfdfd6227b73e ]---
...
[   58.853385] kobject: 'target5:0:0' (ffff880129980480): kobject_uevent_env
[   58.853405] kobject: 'target5:0:0' (ffff880129980480): fill_kobj_path: path = '/host5/target5:0:0'
[   58.853643] kobject: 'target5:0:0' (ffff880129980480): kobject_cleanup
[   58.853647] kobject: 'target5:0:0' (ffff880129980480): calling ktype release
[   58.853653] kobject: 'host5' (ffff88012c52b388): kobject_cleanup
[   58.853657] kobject: 'host5' (ffff88012c52b388): calling ktype release
[   58.853701] kobject: '2-2.4:1.0' (ffff8801255319f0): kobject_cleanup
[   58.853705] kobject: '2-2.4:1.0' (ffff8801255319f0): calling ktype release
[   58.853721] kobject: '2-2.4:1.0': free name
[   58.853736] kobject: 'host5': free name
[   58.853742] kobject: 'target5:0:0': free name
[   58.853748] kobject: '5:0:0:0': free name


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