On Mon, 9 Dec 2019, Daniel Wagner wrote: > [ 5.038862] > [ 5.038862] -> #2 (kn->count#39){++++}: > [ 5.039329] __kernfs_remove+0x240/0x2e0 > [ 5.039717] kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x3c/0x80 > [ 5.040159] sysfs_slab_add+0x184/0x250 sysfs_slab_add should not be called under any lock. But it happens during an initcall (sysfs_slab_init) when the kmalloc slab array is being set up. And the problems results from a hotplug event? During system bringup when the slab caches have not been setup yet? Is this really something that can happen?