After we made debugobjects working again, we got the following: WARNING: at lib/debugobjects.c:262 debug_print_object+0x8e/0xb0() Hardware name: System Product Name ODEBUG: free active (active state 0) object type: timer_list hint: hci_cmd_timer+0x0/0x60 Pid: 2125, comm: dmsetup Tainted: G W 2.6.38-06707-gc62b389 #110375 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8104700a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0xb0 [<ffffffff810470b6>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50 [<ffffffff812d3a5e>] debug_print_object+0x8e/0xb0 [<ffffffff81bd8810>] ? hci_cmd_timer+0x0/0x60 [<ffffffff812d4685>] debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x125/0x230 [<ffffffff810f1063>] ? check_object+0xb3/0x2b0 [<ffffffff810f3630>] kfree+0x150/0x190 [<ffffffff81be4d06>] ? bt_host_release+0x16/0x20 [<ffffffff81be4d06>] bt_host_release+0x16/0x20 [<ffffffff813a1907>] device_release+0x27/0xa0 [<ffffffff812c519c>] kobject_release+0x4c/0xa0 [<ffffffff812c5150>] ? kobject_release+0x0/0xa0 [<ffffffff812c61f6>] kref_put+0x36/0x70 [<ffffffff812c4d37>] kobject_put+0x27/0x60 [<ffffffff813a21f7>] put_device+0x17/0x20 [<ffffffff81bda4f9>] hci_free_dev+0x29/0x30 [<ffffffff81928be6>] vhci_release+0x36/0x70 [<ffffffff810fb366>] fput+0xd6/0x1f0 [<ffffffff810f8fe6>] filp_close+0x66/0x90 [<ffffffff810f90a9>] sys_close+0x99/0xf0 [<ffffffff81d4c96b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b That timer was introduced with commit 6bd32326cda(Bluetooth: Use proper timer for hci command timout) Timer seems to be running when the thing is closed. Removing the timer unconditionally fixes the problem. And yes, it needs to be fixed before the HCI_UP check. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/bluetooth/hci_core.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c +++ linux-2.6/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c @@ -584,6 +584,9 @@ static int hci_dev_do_close(struct hci_d hci_req_cancel(hdev, ENODEV); hci_req_lock(hdev); + /* Stop timer, it might be running */ + del_timer_sync(&hdev->cmd_timer); + if (!test_and_clear_bit(HCI_UP, &hdev->flags)) { hci_req_unlock(hdev); return 0; @@ -623,7 +626,6 @@ static int hci_dev_do_close(struct hci_d /* Drop last sent command */ if (hdev->sent_cmd) { - del_timer_sync(&hdev->cmd_timer); kfree_skb(hdev->sent_cmd); hdev->sent_cmd = NULL; } -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>