On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:16:19 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have created today's linux-next tree at > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfr/linux-next.git ug. What a lot of bugs. acpi: calling param_sysfs_init+0x0/0x153 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:465 sysfs_add_one+0x2a/0x36() sysfs: duplicate filename 'acpi' can not be created Modules linked in: Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.27-rc5 #4 [<c01208e4>] warn_slowpath+0x4e/0x77 [<c013e30f>] ? __lock_acquire+0x671/0x6b7 [<c013a79e>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xb/0xd [<c0108621>] ? native_sched_clock+0x82/0x96 [<c018a1de>] ? ifind+0x7e/0x88 [<c032fee9>] ? _spin_unlock+0x27/0x3c [<c018a1de>] ? ifind+0x7e/0x88 [<c01b7262>] ? sysfs_find_dirent+0x16/0x27 [<c01b72fc>] sysfs_add_one+0x2a/0x36 [<c01b779d>] create_dir+0x43/0x71 [<c01b77f8>] sysfs_create_dir+0x2d/0x41 [<c032fee9>] ? _spin_unlock+0x27/0x3c [<c01fa600>] kobject_add_internal+0xb3/0x157 [<c01fa74f>] kobject_add_varg+0x35/0x41 [<c01fa8cd>] kobject_init_and_add+0x26/0x28 [<c049160c>] kernel_param_sysfs_setup+0x4c/0x99 [<c0491750>] param_sysfs_init+0xf7/0x153 [<c0101125>] _stext+0x3d/0x11d [<c0491659>] ? param_sysfs_init+0x0/0x153 [<c011c8af>] ? wake_up_process+0xf/0x11 [<c012d8b9>] ? start_workqueue_thread+0x1d/0x20 [<c012de97>] ? __create_workqueue_key+0xe4/0xfc [<c0482767>] kernel_init+0xeb/0x152 [<c048267c>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x152 [<c01046ef>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 ======================= ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da22 ]--- kobject_add_internal failed for acpi with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory. Pid: 1, comm: swapper Tainted: G W 2.6.27-rc5 #4 [<c01fa66c>] kobject_add_internal+0x11f/0x157 [<c01fa74f>] kobject_add_varg+0x35/0x41 [<c01fa8cd>] kobject_init_and_add+0x26/0x28 [<c049160c>] kernel_param_sysfs_setup+0x4c/0x99 [<c0491750>] param_sysfs_init+0xf7/0x153 [<c0101125>] _stext+0x3d/0x11d [<c0491659>] ? param_sysfs_init+0x0/0x153 [<c011c8af>] ? wake_up_process+0xf/0x11 [<c012d8b9>] ? start_workqueue_thread+0x1d/0x20 [<c012de97>] ? __create_workqueue_key+0xe4/0xfc [<c0482767>] kernel_init+0xeb/0x152 [<c048267c>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x152 [<c01046ef>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 ======================= Module 'acpi' failed to be added to sysfs, error number -17 there seem to have been tens or even hunderds of reports of this. Odd. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html