From 442053e57a4fc58b719b6ceab60f29ef9cf4404c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 12:21:10 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/perf/24x7: Fix lockdep warning The sysfs attributes for the 24x7 counters are dynamically allocated. Initialize the attributes using sysfs_attr_init() to fix following warning which occurs when CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_VMALLOC=y. [ 0.346249] audit: initializing netlink subsys (disabled) [ 0.346284] audit: type=2000 audit(1436295254.340:1): initialized [ 0.346489] BUG: key c0000000efe90198 not in .data! [ 0.346491] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1) [ 0.346502] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 0.346504] WARNING: at ../kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3002 [ 0.346506] Modules linked in: Reported-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Tested-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman --- arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c index ec2eb20631d1..df956295c2a7 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c @@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ static struct attribute *device_str_attr_create_(char *name, char *str) if (!attr) return NULL; + sysfs_attr_init(&attr->attr.attr); + attr->var = str; attr->attr.attr.name = name; attr->attr.attr.mode = 0444; -- 2.11.0