From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261628AbUKITIs (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:08:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261630AbUKITIr (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:08:47 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:43743 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261628AbUKITIj (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:08:39 -0500 Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:08:09 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Christian Kujau , Kernel Mailing List , Pekka Enberg , Matt_Domsch@dell.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] kobject: fix double kobject_put() in error path of kobject_add() Message-ID: <20041109190809.GA2628@kroah.com> References: <418F6E33.8080808@g-house.de> <418FDE1F.7060804@g-house.de> <419005F2.8080800@g-house.de> <41901DF0.8040302@g-house.de> <84144f02041108234050d0f56d@mail.gmail.com> <4190B910.7000407@g-house.de> <20041109164238.M12639@g-house.de> <20041109190420.GA2498@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041109190420.GA2498@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 11:04:21AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > This fixes a problem introduced in the previous set of driver model > changes that has been seen by a lot of people (most notibly the greater > than 256 pty users, but others might also be hitting this without > realizing it.) > > Also add a comment so we don't try to "fix" this again. > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Christian, I don't know if this patch explicitly fixes your problem, but it fixes problems other people have been having with the driver core lately. I'd appreciate it if you could test it out and let me know if it solves your problem, with CONFIG_EDD enabled, or if it doesn't help at all. thanks, greg k-h