Re: [BUG] object: is not initialized, yet kobject_put() is beingcalled

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Tue Sep 21 2010 - 09:14:27 EST


On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, Heinz Diehl wrote:

> > No, you're wrong. The patch _is_ in 2.6.36-rc4, and that's the reason
> > why it doesn't apply any longer.
>
> Yes, you're right.
>
> > The error you see must have a different cause. Have you read this
> > thread?
> >
> > http://marc.info/?t=128494644600005&r=1&w=2
>
> No, not before until now. This problem seems not to be related to what I
> see on my machines, and reverting commit 8fe294caf8c868edd9046251824a0af91991bf43 as
> mentioned in there doesn't help either.
>
> 2.6.35.4 works, 2.6.36-rc4 does not. What can I do to help to find the
> issue?
>
> Attached are the dmesg output for both 2.6.35.4 and 2.6.36-rc4.

Just to verify that you are really being hit by the same issue -- you are
using CONFIG_USB_DYNAMIC_MINORS, aren't you? Does the problem go away if
you disable this?

Thanks,

--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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