Re: [Bug #14626] oops on boot starting udev

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Mon Nov 16 2009 - 21:05:07 EST


On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 05:14:55PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:37:48PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> > of recent regressions.
> >
> > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > from 2.6.31. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know
> > (either way).
> >
> >
> > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14626
> > Subject : oops on boot starting udev
> > Submitter : Soeren Sonnenburg <sonne@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date : 2009-11-14 10:16 (3 days old)
> > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125819380206800&w=4
>
> This looks like an input core problem, as the evdev module was just
> loaded and died.
>
> Any input developers have any ideas?
>


Hmm, evdev does:

dev_set_name(&evdev->dev, "event%d", minor);

Not sure how it can go wrong...

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Dmitry
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