> On 09/11/2007 11:11 AM, Alan Stern wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I do not seem to be able to find an answer, sorry.
> >>> Do you happen to remember if this was fixed after 2.6.22.1:
> >>>
> >>> localhost kernel: EIP is at make_class_name+0x27/0x7a
> >>> localhost kernel: [<c05586f1>] class_device_del+0x97/0x119
> >>> localhost kernel: [<c055877b>] class_device_unregister+0x8/0x10
> >>> localhost kernel: [<e08735f4>] __scsi_remove_device+0x1d/0x60 [scsi_mod]
> >>> localhost kernel: [<e08711ae>] scsi_forget_host+0x2d/0x4a [scsi_mod]
> >>> localhost kernel: [<e086c49c>] scsi_remove_host+0x65/0xd5 [scsi_mod]
> >>> localhost kernel: [<e0e76775>] storage_disconnect+0xe/0x16 [usb_storage]
> >>> localhost kernel: [<c056f8b8>] usb_unbind_interface+0x44/0x85
> >>> localhost kernel: [<c0557df7>] __device_release_driver+0x6e/0x8b
> >>>
> >>> Obviously a known bug but all I see is users reporting it. In my case
> >>> it's this:
> >>>
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253424
> >>> I saw Alan giving it a try here:
> >>>
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/12/259
> >> I think this was a scsi problem that has been fixed, but don't really
> >> remember the exact commit.
> >
> > Yes. There are some bugs in the SCSI async-scanning code, and there is
> > a patch to fix them:
> >
> >
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a93a091df8...
> >
> > It is scheduled for 2.6.24. For now, people can work around the bug by
> > disabling CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC.
> >
>
> The bug still happens with that patch applied and CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC
> enabled. In the marked line, class_dev->class->name is NULL and this causes
> the oops in make_class_name().
