From: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx> commit 5511c0c309db4c526a6e9f8b2b8a1483771574bc upstream. While running the linux-next with CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKS_ALLOC enabled, I get the following splat. BUG: key ffffcb5636929298 has not been registered! ------------[ cut here ]------------ DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1) WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 53 at kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3669 lockdep_init_map+0x164/0x1f0 CPU: 1 PID: 53 Comm: kworker/1:1 Tainted: G W 5.2.0-next-20190712-00015-g00ad4634222e-dirty #603 Workqueue: events amba_deferred_retry_func pstate: 60c00005 (nZCv daif +PAN +UAO) pc : lockdep_init_map+0x164/0x1f0 lr : lockdep_init_map+0x164/0x1f0 [ trimmed ] Call trace: lockdep_init_map+0x164/0x1f0 __kernfs_create_file+0x9c/0x158 sysfs_add_file_mode_ns+0xa8/0x1d0 sysfs_add_file_to_group+0x88/0xd8 etm_perf_add_symlink_sink+0xcc/0x138 coresight_register+0x110/0x280 tmc_probe+0x160/0x420 [ trimmed ] ---[ end trace ab4cc669615ba1b0 ]--- Fix this by initialising the dynamically allocated attribute properly. Cc: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: bb8e370bdc14 ("coresight: perf: Add "sinks" group to PMU directory") Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx> [Fixed a typograhic error in the changelog] Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190801172323.18359-2-mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c @@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ int etm_perf_add_symlink_sink(struct cor /* See function coresight_get_sink_by_id() to know where this is used */ hash = hashlen_hash(hashlen_string(NULL, name)); + sysfs_attr_init(&ea->attr.attr); ea->attr.attr.name = devm_kstrdup(pdev, name, GFP_KERNEL); if (!ea->attr.attr.name) return -ENOMEM;