linux-kernel - Re: stable 3-10-3: strange output of "lsmod

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Message-ID: <51F4D18A.7080605@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Sun, 28 Jul 2013 13:38:42 +0530
From:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>
CC:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: stable 3-10-3: strange output of  "lsmod | grep ^acpi_cpufreq"

On 07/28/2013 01:38 PM, Toralf Förster wrote:
> On 07/28/2013 01:39 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> On Saturday, July 27, 2013 07:40:34 PM Toralf Förster wrote:
>>> it gives at a ThinkPad T420:
>>>
>>> tfoerste@n22 ~/tmp $ lsmod | grep ^acpi_cpufreq
>>> acpi_cpufreq           12902  2147483647
>>
>> That is -1, which indicates some module refcount woes.
>>
>> I definitely can't see that with the mainline on my machines.
> 
> It might be a regression in -stable only, b/c in 3,10.2 I did not
> observed it.
> 
> Srivatsa,
> 
> by any chance - could the revert of the cpufreq patches have something
> to do with that ?
>

Hmmm? Those reverts didn't touch anything related to module
refcounts.. So I don't think they have anything to do with this.

Also, is the issue related to suspend/resume at all? (Sorry, I don't
have your original email, so I'm not sure what the exact issue is).

 
Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat

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