linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix hwmon/i5k_amb.c sysfs attribute for lockdep

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Date:	Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:16:01 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	lm-sensors@...sensors.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Eric W.Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix hwmon/i5k_amb.c sysfs attribute for lockdep

On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Jean Delvare wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:00:00 +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> > I'm not familiar with this area but I need this patch for lockdep in mmotm.
> > please check.
> > -Kame
> > ==
> > From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> > 
> > i5k_amb.ko uses dynamically allocated memory (by kmalloc) for
> > attributes passed to sysfs. So, sysfs_attr_init() should be called
> > for working happy with lockdep.
> 
> Such a fix is needed, yes. I though Jiri was working on it... Jiri?

It's still on my TODO list, but I haven't gotten to it yet. So whoever 
beats me up fixing it, please merge that. Thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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