>>>> [ 145.290143] [<ffffffff810759b0>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7c/0x94 >>>> [ 145.304624] [<ffffffff810759dc>] warn_slowpath_null+0x14/0x16 >>>> [ 145.314632] [<ffffffff8109f299>] lockdep_init_map+0xf1/0x53c >>>> [ 145.325228] [<ffffffff8117e100>] ? sysfs_new_dirent+0x8f/0x104 >>>> [ 145.334331] [<ffffffff8117d72e>] sysfs_add_file_mode+0x66/0xac >>>> [ 145.339850] [<ffffffff8117d785>] sysfs_add_file+0x11/0x13 >>>> [ 145.355513] [<ffffffff8117d844>] sysfs_create_file+0x2a/0x2c >>>> [ 145.360637] [<ffffffff8148ca98>] device_create_file+0x19/0x1b >>>> [ 145.375187] [<ffffffff8145fc9a>] ipmi_register_smi+0x862/0xd72 >>>> [ 145.384606] [<ffffffff8148b9f8>] ? put_device+0x17/0x19 >>>> [ 145.395142] [<ffffffff8148cee5>] ? device_add+0x44b/0x52a >>>> [ 145.403666] [<ffffffff8108fb5a>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x39 >>>> [ 145.416309] [<ffffffff81462e71>] try_smi_init+0x6d0/0x8a0 >>>> [ 145.424534] [<ffffffff81ba2fd5>] init_ipmi_si+0x4cf/0x907 >>>> [ 145.434799] [<ffffffff81ba2b06>] ? init_ipmi_si+0x0/0x907 >>>> [ 145.439677] [<ffffffff8100020d>] do_one_initcall+0x72/0x17f >>>> [ 145.455681] [<ffffffff826836a0>] kernel_init+0x166/0x1f0 >>>> [ 145.463319] [<ffffffff81032914>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 >>>> [ 145.476497] [<ffffffff81bfc2bc>] ? restore_args+0x0/0x30 >>>> [ 145.485014] [<ffffffff8268353a>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x1f0 >>>> [ 145.495859] [<ffffffff81032910>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10 >>>> [ 145.501541] ---[ end trace 0ec12b1482c47368 ]--- >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c >>> index ec5e3f8..16e9073 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c >>> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c >>> @@ -2272,42 +2272,52 @@ static int create_files(struct bmc_device *bmc) >>> bmc->device_id_attr.attr.name = "device_id"; >>> bmc->device_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO; >>> bmc->device_id_attr.show = device_id_show; >>> + sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->device_id_attr.attr); >>> >>> bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.name = "provides_device_sdrs"; >>> bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO; >>> bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.show = provides_dev_sdrs_show; >>> + sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->device_id_attr.attr); ... > If you would be so kind and help by posting the back traces so we can > find the handful of places left that dynamically allocate their sysfs > attributes that would be very much appreciated. have some typo in your patch.. all have the same name.... change them to right name, will fix that in ipmi path... --- drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c @@ -2272,42 +2272,52 @@ static int create_files(struct bmc_devic bmc->device_id_attr.attr.name = "device_id"; bmc->device_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO; bmc->device_id_attr.show = device_id_show; + sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->device_id_attr.attr); bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.name = "provides_device_sdrs"; bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO; bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.show = provides_dev_sdrs_show; + sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->provides_dev_sdrs_attr.attr); bmc->revision_attr.attr.name = "revision"; bmc->revision_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO; bmc->revision_attr.show = revision_show; + sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->revision_attr.attr); bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr.name = "firmware_revision"; bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO; bmc->firmware_rev_attr.show = firmware_rev_show; + sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->firmware_rev_attr.attr); bmc->version_attr.attr.name = "ipmi_version"; bmc->version_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO; bmc->version_attr.show = ipmi_version_show; + sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->version_attr.attr); bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr.name = "additional_device_support"; bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO; bmc->add_dev_support_attr.show = add_dev_support_show; + sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->add_dev_support_attr.attr); bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr.name = "manufacturer_id"; bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO; bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.show = manufacturer_id_show; + sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->manufacturer_id_attr.attr); bmc->product_id_attr.attr.name = "product_id"; bmc->product_id_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO; bmc->product_id_attr.show = product_id_show; + sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->product_id_attr.attr); bmc->guid_attr.attr.name = "guid"; bmc->guid_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO; bmc->guid_attr.show = guid_show; + sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->guid_attr.attr); bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr.name = "aux_firmware_revision"; bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO; bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.show = aux_firmware_rev_show; + sysfs_attr_init(&bmc->aux_firmware_rev_attr.attr); err = device_create_file(&bmc->dev->dev, &bmc->device_id_attr); -- 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