Unfortunately this fix is now out of date. I will fix it, but hci_event.c has apparently changed. BT_DBG replaced bt_dev_dbg https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c?h=v5.4#n2474 and https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c?h=v5.4#n4684 From: Sönke Huster <soenke.huster@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2022 2:03 AM To: John Klug <John.Klug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Linux-Bluetooth MailingList <linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Unexplained calls to hci_conn_add_sysfs() Hi John, On 23.06.22 01:39, John Klug wrote: > Kernel v5.4.199, Bluez 5.64. > > We are using btattach. We are not seeing btattach going away, nor are we seeing a new one added (we would not expect this to happen). > > But we are seeing periodic messages: > > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.err kernel: debugfs: Directory '0' with parent 'hci0' already present! > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/platform/ahb/700000.ehci/usb1/1-2/1-2.4/1-2.4:1.0/tty/ttyACM0/hci0/hci0:0' > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: CPU: 0 PID: 67 Comm: kworker/u3:0 Tainted: G O 5.4.199 #1 > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: Hardware name: Atmel AT91SAM9 > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: Workqueue: hci0 hci_rx_work [bluetooth] > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<c000f9e4>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c000d3a0>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<c000d3a0>] (show_stack) from [<c014132c>] (sysfs_warn_dup+0x4c/0x60) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<c014132c>] (sysfs_warn_dup) from [<c0141430>] (sysfs_create_dir_ns+0xb4/0xc4) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<c0141430>] (sysfs_create_dir_ns) from [<c058d790>] (kobject_add_internal+0x148/0x338) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<c058d790>] (kobject_add_internal) from [<c058d9fc>] (kobject_add+0x7c/0x8c) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<c058d9fc>] (kobject_add) from [<c0334630>] (device_add+0x140/0x590) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<c0334630>] (device_add) from [<bf103178>] (hci_conn_add_sysfs+0x50/0xb0 [bluetooth]) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<bf103178>] (hci_conn_add_sysfs [bluetooth]) from [<bf0edf94>] (le_conn_complete_evt+0x33c/0x3fc [bluetooth]) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<bf0edf94>] (le_conn_complete_evt [bluetooth]) from [<bf0f158c>] (hci_le_meta_evt+0x118/0xb10 [bluetooth]) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<bf0f158c>] (hci_le_meta_evt [bluetooth]) from [<bf0f41b0>] (hci_event_packet+0x222c/0x2854 [bluetooth]) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<bf0f41b0>] (hci_event_packet [bluetooth]) from [<bf0e4d94>] (hci_rx_work+0x1bc/0x348 [bluetooth]) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<bf0e4d94>] (hci_rx_work [bluetooth]) from [<c002c024>] (process_one_work+0x180/0x220) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<c002c024>] (process_one_work) from [<c002ca58>] (worker_thread+0x27c/0x348) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<c002ca58>] (worker_thread) from [<c0031acc>] (kthread+0x130/0x13c) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: [<c0031acc>] (kthread) from [<c00090e0>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x34) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: Exception stack(0xc6075fb0 to 0xc6075ff8) > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: 5fa0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: 5fc0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > Jun 22 18:26:14 ecc8 user.warn kernel: 5fe0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000013 00000000 > > Is this to be expected? If not, how can I track this one down? I submitted a patch to fix this (?) and similar issues some months ago, can you check whether applying it helps? It seems it is currently not in the stable 5.4 release. http://mail2.multitech.com:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiZmMmQ5YmI5ODM2ODk2YWY5Zj02MkI0MTA1MV8yMDQ2OV8xNDU2N18xJiZjZDBiZjA2NzZiMGQ5Mzc9MjMzMyYmdXJsPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGZ2l0JTJFa2VybmVsJTJFb3JnJTJGcHViJTJGc2NtJTJGbGludXglMkZrZXJuZWwlMkZnaXQlMkZ0b3J2YWxkcyUyRmxpbnV4JTJFZ2l0JTJGY29tbWl0JTJGJTNGaWQlM0RkNWViYWE3YzVmNmY2ODg5NTllOGQ0MDg0MGIyMjQ5ZWRlNjNiOGVk