Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934021AbaDISUl (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Apr 2014 14:20:41 -0400 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:54059 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932847AbaDISUj (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Apr 2014 14:20:39 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.8.0 04/21/2012 with nmh-1.5+dev To: Kees Cook , Tony Luck Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: pstore wierdness on Dell Latitude E6530. From: Valdis Kletnieks Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1397067600_1588P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:20:00 -0400 Message-ID: <9443.1397067600@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_1397067600_1588P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For some reason, /sys/fs/pstore has 537 files in it, all called 'console-= efi', all having inode number 8021, and all consisting of the same one line: =5B/sys/fs/pstore=5D cat console-efi=20 =5B 1.567734=5D pci 0000:00:1c.1: PCI bridge to =5Bbus 03=5D =5B/sys/fs/pstore=5D ls =7C uniq -c 537 console-efi =5B/sys/fs/pstore=5D cat console-efi=20 =5B 1.567734=5D pci 0000:00:1c.1: PCI bridge to =5Bbus 03=5D =5B/sys/fs/pstore=5D grep . * =7C uniq -c 537 console-efi:=5B 1.567734=5D pci 0000:00:1c.1: PCI bridge to = =5Bbus 03=5D =5B/sys/fs/pstore=5D ls -li =7C head total 0 8021 -r--r--r--. 1 root root 56 Aug 13 2013 console-efi 8021 -r--r--r--. 1 root root 56 Aug 13 2013 console-efi 8021 -r--r--r--. 1 root root 56 Aug 13 2013 console-efi 8021 -r--r--r--. 1 root root 56 Aug 13 2013 console-efi 8021 -r--r--r--. 1 root root 56 Aug 13 2013 console-efi 8021 -r--r--r--. 1 root root 56 Aug 13 2013 console-efi 8021 -r--r--r--. 1 root root 56 Aug 13 2013 console-efi 8021 -r--r--r--. 1 root root 56 Aug 13 2013 console-efi 8021 -r--r--r--. 1 root root 56 Aug 13 2013 console-efi I can remove one, and then it gets even more weird: =5B/sys/fs/pstore=5D1 rm console-efi=20 =5B/sys/fs/pstore=5D1 ls =7C wc 536 536 6432 Goodie - one less. Let's try again. 'rm c' completes to console-efi =5B/sys/fs/pstore=5D1 rm console-efi=20 rm: cannot remove 'console-efi': No such file or directory =5B/sys/fs/pstore=5D ls =7C wc 536 536 6432 =5B/sys/fs/pstore=5D1 ls -li console-efi=20 ls: cannot access console-efi: No such file or directory =5B/sys/fs/pstore=5D ls -li 2>&1 =7C uniq -c 536 ls: cannot access console-efi: No such file or directory 1 total 0 536 ? -????????? ? ? ? ? ? console-efi Any ideas? --==_Exmh_1397067600_1588P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iQIVAwUBU0WPUAdmEQWDXROgAQK8Hw/+Ne6DQDQVQmOsXkQN9lm2Inin/OnIOo11 EcKqIOTZ5AIOBzgoxGE3wDN9kx7ZeAf97guWbMeFZ9/uyLvWJXpuQw8M8GudjP7i yplo5D1Iyx27HN78IInaz0Zi292lN1sC+xZcHHM6/sZEeFzp7JEe729etNdLZNms MgXMM9lce3Cl1p8x2W3b3v+BUARw7pPxuAUyYRInO7Ul/vWbhleVXgS4Apqf3JgC IIDsj/snxUsBdewalYUkk/5lIMSQh0b7N6A/JF05cCMSjYloMa3mu/X5Y8oqGlNu FmcxyoYFQK+pkUN/o5DXlGRKT4ljFWyytH0vEgJrtWtzR184MGPBITH6AXM3HBkj DKBynCnNkII0Tf4GdHh+Wrr7KK+jDNQr6oXLGlIxJOuSS1zNMawGyWmRsh17h4mI fF1bgVcn4PN6XfymAgyVjIrtSn9+wNsUL0KpFCQeghtIciaxYsRUm/QUzEiyqz+t XZj4Y7VTps25hv+ECNfFqszDYHkXc5J9rosuhTObSsXSUaqU0GZhtev/aW8Hieju S8Bjg5tLRQteu5aG5oUd2Pv9d2zCa3sTOf9O3fg0ft/ypXAGkZwZgVIA5UVc5XpR L7O73Zk5HbBtXDHYrwq42SQMalJUV3kVXKlRnP1rWwgvNYGSPjNr07a+GJ3VCuRp uua3X2q3bAQ= =zc6c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1397067600_1588P-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/