From: "Eric Paris" <eparis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ODEBUG: object is on stack, but not annotated ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at lib/debugobjects.c:253 __debug_object_init+0x1f3/0x276() Hardware name: VMware Virtual Platform Modules linked in: mptspi(+) mptscsih mptbase scsi_transport_spi ext3 jbd mbcache Pid: 540, comm: insmod Not tainted 2.6.28-mm1 #2 Call Trace: [<c042c51c>] warn_slowpath+0x74/0x8a [<c0469600>] ? start_critical_timing+0x96/0xb7 [<c060c8ea>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2f/0x3c [<c0446fad>] ? trace_hardirqs_off_caller+0x18/0xaf [<c044704f>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xb/0xd [<c060c8ea>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2f/0x3c [<c042cb84>] ? release_console_sem+0x1a5/0x1ad [<c05013e6>] __debug_object_init+0x1f3/0x276 [<c0501494>] debug_object_init+0x13/0x17 [<c0433c56>] init_timer+0x10/0x1a [<e08e5b54>] mpt_config+0x1c1/0x2b7 [mptbase] [<e08e3b82>] ? kmalloc+0x8/0xa [mptbase] [<e08e3b82>] ? kmalloc+0x8/0xa [mptbase] [<e08e6fa2>] mpt_do_ioc_recovery+0x950/0x1212 [mptbase] [<c04496c2>] ? __lock_acquire+0xa69/0xacc [<c060c8f1>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x36/0x3c [<c060c3af>] ? _spin_unlock_irq+0x22/0x26 [<c04f2d8b>] ? string+0x2b/0x76 [<c04f310e>] ? vsnprintf+0x338/0x7b3 [<c04496c2>] ? __lock_acquire+0xa69/0xacc [<c060c8ea>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2f/0x3c [<c04496c2>] ? __lock_acquire+0xa69/0xacc [<c044897d>] ? debug_check_no_locks_freed+0xeb/0x105 [<c060c8f1>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x36/0x3c [<c04488bc>] ? debug_check_no_locks_freed+0x2a/0x105 [<c0446b8c>] ? lock_release_holdtime+0x43/0x48 [<c043f742>] ? up_read+0x16/0x29 [<c05076f8>] ? pci_get_slot+0x66/0x72 [<e08e89ca>] mpt_attach+0x881/0x9b1 [mptbase] [<e091c8e5>] mptspi_probe+0x11/0x354 [mptspi] Noticing that every caller of mpt_config has its CONFIGPARMS struct declared on the stack and thus the &pCfg->timer is always on the stack I changed init_timer() to init_timer_on_stack() and it seems to have shut up..... Cc: "Moore, Eric Dean" <Eric.Moore@xxxxxxxx> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c~scsi-mpt-suppress-debugobjects-warning drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c --- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c~scsi-mpt-suppress-debugobjects-warning +++ a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c @@ -5934,7 +5934,7 @@ mpt_config(MPT_ADAPTER *ioc, CONFIGPARMS /* Initalize the timer */ - init_timer(&pCfg->timer); + init_timer_on_stack(&pCfg->timer); pCfg->timer.data = (unsigned long) ioc; pCfg->timer.function = mpt_timer_expired; pCfg->wait_done = 0; _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html