[BUG] Splat in __register_sysctl_table() in next-20220210

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Fri Feb 11 2022 - 12:05:01 EST


Hello!

I just wanted to be the 20th person to report the below splat in
init_fs_stat_sysctls() during boot. ;-)

It happens on all rcutorture scenarios, for whatever that might be
worth.

Thanx, Paul

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[ 1.219815] calling init_fs_stat_sysctls+0x0/0x37 @ 1
[ 1.220440] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 5.17.0-rc3-next-20220210 #852
[ 1.221353] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
[ 1.224133] Call Trace:
[ 1.224439] <TASK>
[ 1.224702] dump_stack_lvl+0x22/0x29
[ 1.225122] dump_stack+0x15/0x2a
[ 1.225611] __register_sysctl_table+0x4b2/0xab0
[ 1.226158] ? init_fs_open_sysctls+0x2b/0x2b
[ 1.226755] register_sysctl_mount_point+0x24/0x40
[ 1.227396] init_fs_stat_sysctls+0x2f/0x37
[ 1.227884] do_one_initcall+0x128/0x3e0
[ 1.228445] do_initcall_level+0xca/0x168
[ 1.229215] do_initcalls+0x66/0x95
[ 1.229620] do_basic_setup+0x18/0x1e
[ 1.230105] kernel_init_freeable+0xa9/0x113
[ 1.230617] ? rest_init+0x150/0x150
[ 1.231101] kernel_init+0x1c/0x200
[ 1.231550] ? rest_init+0x150/0x150
[ 1.231981] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
[ 1.232471] </TASK>
[ 1.232743] initcall init_fs_stat_sysctls+0x0/0x37 returned 0 after 12029 usecs