linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] git 2.6.31-rc3'ish: "<kobject> does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed."

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:55:25 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: [BUG] git 2.6.31-rc3'ish: "<kobject> does not have a release()
 function, it is broken and must be fixed."

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 08:12:56PM +0200, Andreas Mohr wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> got this when modprobing and then rmmoding my snd-azt3328 driver.
> 
> Then I decided to rmmod another soundcard, snd-als4000,
> with the same result.
> Trying to exclude any ALSA issues, I then unloaded parport_pc: same
> message.
> 
> The error happening _before_ module _init() and _after_ module _exit()
> clearly points to something outside of an individual driver's control,
> i.e. a module core code bug, as hinted by Greg.
> 
> x86_32 UP, Debian testing, module-init-tools 3.9-2, git as of yesterday.

I can't duplicate this here at all.  I wonder what the difference is.
No one has touched this code path in a while, any chance you could run
'git bisect' to track this down?

thanks,

greg k-h
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