On Tue, 4 Jun 2013, Joe Lawrence wrote: > Hi Rusty, > > See my 3.9 stack traces below, which may or may not be what Ben had > been seeing. If you like, I can try a similar loop as the one you were > testing in the other email. With a modified version of your module load/unload loop (only needed insmod as the module initialization routine returns -EINVAL to mimic mgag200 with incorrect modeset value). This crashed right out of the chute on 3.9.4 ... still running OK with 3.9 + commit 944a1fa "module: don't unlink the module until we've removed all exposure". -- Joe test_mod.c : #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/delay.h> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); static int test_mod_init(void) { return -EINVAL; } static void test_mod_exit(void) {} module_init(test_mod_init); module_exit(test_mod_exit); from the console log : test_mod: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:536 sysfs_add_one+0xd4/0x100() Hardware name: ftServer 6400 sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/module/test_mod' Modules linked in: test_mod(OF+) ebtable_nat nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast ipt_MASQUERADE ip6table_mangle ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat iptable_mangle nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 bonding xt_conntrack nf_conntrack ib_iser rdma_cm ebtable_filter ib_addr ebtables iw_cm ib_cm ib_sa ib_mad ip6table_filter ib_core ip6_tables iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi dm_multipath coretemp crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel pcspkr ixgbe joydev mdio igb ptp pps_core dca vhost_net tun macvtap macvlan uinput raid1 sd_mod i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper ttm drm usb_storage mpt2sas raid_class scsi_transport_sas i2c_core Pid: 8466, comm: insmod Tainted: GF O 3.9.4 #1 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8106159f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [<ffffffff81061696>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50 [<ffffffff81319895>] ? strlcat+0x65/0x90 [<ffffffff81222784>] sysfs_add_one+0xd4/0x100 [<ffffffff812229a8>] create_dir+0x78/0xd0 [<ffffffff81222cf6>] sysfs_create_dir+0x86/0xe0 [<ffffffff813135a8>] kobject_add_internal+0xa8/0x270 [<ffffffff81313ad3>] kobject_init_and_add+0x63/0x90 [<ffffffff810c9f9d>] load_module+0x12dd/0x2890 [<ffffffff81331690>] ? ddebug_proc_open+0xc0/0xc0 [<ffffffff810cb63a>] sys_init_module+0xea/0x140 [<ffffffff81681119>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b ---[ end trace 54bd469258bec620 ]--- ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at lib/kobject.c:196 kobject_add_internal+0x204/0x270() Hardware name: ftServer 6400 kobject_add_internal failed for test_mod with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory. Modules linked in: test_mod(OF+) ebtable_nat nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast ipt_MASQUERADE ip6table_mangle ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat iptable_mangle nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 bonding xt_conntrack nf_conntrack ib_iser rdma_cm ebtable_filter ib_addr ebtables iw_cm ib_cm ib_sa ib_mad ip6table_filter ib_core ip6_tables iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi dm_multipath coretemp crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel pcspkr ixgbe joydev mdio igb ptp pps_core dca vhost_net tun macvtap macvlan uinput raid1 sd_mod i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper ttm drm usb_storage mpt2sas raid_class scsi_transport_sas i2c_core Pid: 8466, comm: insmod Tainted: GF W O 3.9.4 #1 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8106159f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [<ffffffff81061696>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50 [<ffffffff81313704>] kobject_add_internal+0x204/0x270 [<ffffffff81313ad3>] kobject_init_and_add+0x63/0x90 [<ffffffff810c9f9d>] load_module+0x12dd/0x2890 [<ffffffff81331690>] ? ddebug_proc_open+0xc0/0xc0 [<ffffffff810cb63a>] sys_init_module+0xea/0x140 [<ffffffff81681119>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b ---[ end trace 54bd469258bec621 ]--- test_mod: module is already loaded test_mod: module is already loaded BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffa02ed08c IP: [<ffffffff81313491>] kobject_put+0x11/0x60 PGD 1c0f067 PUD 1c10063 PMD 84dd68067 PTE 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: test_mod(OF+) ebtable_nat nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast ipt_MASQUERADE ip6table_mangle ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat iptable_mangle nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 bonding xt_conntrack nf_conntrack ib_iser rdma_cm ebtable_filter ib_addr ebtables iw_cm ib_cm ib_sa ib_mad ip6table_filter ib_core ip6_tables iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi dm_multipath coretemp crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel pcspkr ixgbe joydev mdio igb ptp pps_core dca vhost_net tun macvtap macvlan uinput raid1 sd_mod i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper ttm drm usb_storage mpt2sas raid_class scsi_transport_sas i2c_core CPU 25 Pid: 8551, comm: insmod Tainted: GF W O 3.9.4 #1 Stratus ftServer 6400/G7LAZ RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81313491>] [<ffffffff81313491>] kobject_put+0x11/0x60 RSP: 0018:ffff881050b95d58 EFLAGS: 00010286 RAX: 0000000000000022 RBX: ffffffffa02ed050 RCX: ffff88107fd2fba8 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88107fd2df58 RDI: ffffffffa02ed050 RBP: ffff881050b95d68 R08: ffffffff81ce2080 R09: 00000000000007c6 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 00000000000007c5 R12: ffffffffa02ed050 R13: ffffffffffffffea R14: ffffffffa035c000 R15: ffffffffa035c018 FS: 00007fd0768a3740(0000) GS:ffff88107fd20000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: ffffffffa02ed08c CR3: 0000001050bd7000 CR4: 00000000000407e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process insmod (pid: 8551, threadinfo ffff881050b94000, task ffff88105169c9e0) Stack: 00000000ffff8000 ffff881050b95ee8 ffff881050b95ed8 ffffffff810cb541 ffffffff81331690 ffffc90017037fff ffffc90017038000 ffffffff00000002 ffffc900170220e0 ffffc90000000003 ffffffffa02c1270 00000000000002a0 Call Trace: [<ffffffff810cb541>] load_module+0x2881/0x2890 [<ffffffff81331690>] ? ddebug_proc_open+0xc0/0xc0 [<ffffffff810cb63a>] sys_init_module+0xea/0x140 [<ffffffff81681119>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Code: 01 00 e9 10 ff ff ff 0f 1f 00 55 48 83 ef 38 48 89 e5 e8 43 fe ff ff 5d c3 90 55 48 89 e5 53 48 89 fb 48 83 ec 08 48 85 ff 74 1a <f6> 47 3c 01 74 21 f0 83 6b 38 01 0f 94 c0 84 c0 74 08 48 89 df RIP [<ffffffff81313491>] kobject_put+0x11/0x60 RSP <ffff881050b95d58> CR2: ffffffffa02ed08c -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html