Re: 2.6.22-rc1-mm1: evm BUG when reading sysfs file

From: Reiner Sailer
Date: Tue May 29 2007 - 09:38:26 EST


jfannin@xxxxxxxxx (Joseph Fannin) wrote on 05/26/2007 02:29:07 AM:

> On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 10:28:22PM -0400, Reiner Sailer wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 May 2007 03:25:48 -0400
> > jfannin@xxxxxxxxx (Joseph Fannin) wrote:
> >
>
> > > I've been getting this since 2.6.21-rc7-mm1:
>
....
> >
> > Joseph,
> >
> > thank you for posting this problem. I cannot reconstruct it on my
machine.
> >
> > Could you tell us which kernel configuration you used
(drivers/char/tpm
> > and security settings) ?
> > Does it disappear when IMA is disabled in the kernel config?
>
> I've found that disabling CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED makes the
> BUG message go away; maybe that's what you're missing?
>
> I've also attached my .config -- but it has lots of stuff turned
> on, so it may be faster to try flipping CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED on a
> slimmer config, if you'd like.
>
> Disabling IMA doesn't change the message; it's still there.
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Joseph Fannin
> jfannin@xxxxxxxxx
>

Thank you very much for these helpful details. We are working on a
solution.

Best
Reiner
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