On Sunday February 18, bugfood-ml@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Ok, so the difference is CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED. If that is not > defined, the kernel locks up. There's not a lot of code under > #ifdef/#ifndef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED, but since I'm not familiar with > any of it I don't expect trying to locate the bug on my own would be > very productive. > > Neil, do you have CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED enabled? If so, does disabling > it reproduce my problem? If you can't reproduce it, should it take the > problem over to linux-kernel? # CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is not set No, it is not set, and yet it all still works for me. It is very hard to see how this CONFIG option can make a difference. Have you double checked that setting it removed the problem and clearing it causes the problem? If so, then maybe an email to linux-kernel would be appropriate. Include the full config.. NeilBrown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html