Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761242AbXLMM4S (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:56:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754107AbXLMM4I (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:56:08 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:59912 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753841AbXLMM4H (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:56:07 -0500 Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:55:09 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Dhaval Giani Cc: "Fortier,Vincent [Montreal]" , Greg KH , Randy Dunlap , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Srivatsa Vaddagiri , kay.sievers@vrfy.org, Balbir Singh , maneesh@in.ibm.com Subject: Re: 2.6.22.14 oops msg with commvault galaxy ? Message-ID: <20071213125509.GA28340@elte.hu> References: <20071211182015.GA22339@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20071211182528.GA5597@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20071211210653.GA6902@elte.hu> <20071212070816.GA31455@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20071212134158.GA5547@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20071213114336.GA5400@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071213114336.GA5400@linux.vnet.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 876 Lines: 26 * Dhaval Giani wrote: > Could you please see if the following patch removes the oops due to > CFS sysfs files? (There might still be the other oops due to the > floppy sysfs files) > > Ingo, could you please add this patch in your CFS backport to 2.6.22 > and older kernels? sure - i've updated the backport patches with this fix. > static void user_attr_init(struct subsys_attribute *sa, char *name, int mode) > { > + sa->attr.owner = NULL; > sa->attr.name = name; i'm wondering why doesnt this affect 2.6.23 and later? Does sysfs initialize the owner field to NULL automatically? Ingo -- 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/