WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:491 sysfs_add_one+0xc9/0x130() (Not tainted)

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Issue

  • The following traceback occurs on boot:
    
    ------------[ cut here ]------------
    WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:491 sysfs_add_one+0xc9/0x130() (Not tainted)
    Hardware name: PRIMERGY RX200 S6             
    sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/platform/GHES.9'
    Modules linked in:
    Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.x86_64 #1
    Call Trace:
     [<ffffffff810670f7>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x87/0xc0
     [<ffffffff810671e6>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50
     [<ffffffff811e6e79>] ? sysfs_add_one+0xc9/0x130
     [<ffffffff811e6f48>] ? create_dir+0x68/0xb0
     [<ffffffff811e6fc9>] ? sysfs_create_dir+0x39/0x50
     [<ffffffff81264dc9>] ? kobject_add_internal+0xb9/0x260
     [<ffffffff81265078>] ? kobject_add_varg+0x38/0x60
     [<ffffffff81265154>] ? kobject_add+0x44/0x70
     [<ffffffff81264bfa>] ? kobject_get+0x1a/0x30
     [<ffffffff81337f29>] ? device_add+0xc9/0x640
     [<ffffffff81336f91>] ? dev_set_name+0x41/0x50
     [<ffffffff8133d175>] ? platform_device_add+0x125/0x200
     [<ffffffff81bf1118>] ? hest_parse_ghes+0x0/0x8a
     [<ffffffff81bf1170>] ? hest_parse_ghes+0x58/0x8a
     [<ffffffff812eac6f>] ? apei_hest_parse+0x9f/0x140
     [<ffffffff81bf1284>] ? hest_init+0xe2/0x138
     [<ffffffff81bf11a2>] ? hest_init+0x0/0x138
     [<ffffffff8100204c>] ? do_one_initcall+0x3c/0x1d0
     [<ffffffff81bbd884>] ? kernel_init+0x29d/0x2f9
     [<ffffffff8100c1ca>] ? child_rip+0xa/0x20
     [<ffffffff81bbd5e7>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x2f9
     [<ffffffff8100c1c0>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
    ---[ end trace f17e946d22a56015 ]---
    kobject_add_internal failed for GHES.9 with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory.
    Pid: 1, comm: swapper Tainted: G        W  ----------------   2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.x86_64 #1
    Call Trace:
     [<ffffffff81264e6d>] ? kobject_add_internal+0x15d/0x260
     [<ffffffff81265078>] ? kobject_add_varg+0x38/0x60
     [<ffffffff81265154>] ? kobject_add+0x44/0x70
     [<ffffffff81264bfa>] ? kobject_get+0x1a/0x30
     [<ffffffff81337f29>] ? device_add+0xc9/0x640
     [<ffffffff81336f91>] ? dev_set_name+0x41/0x50
     [<ffffffff8133d175>] ? platform_device_add+0x125/0x200
     [<ffffffff81bf1118>] ? hest_parse_ghes+0x0/0x8a
     [<ffffffff81bf1170>] ? hest_parse_ghes+0x58/0x8a
     [<ffffffff812eac6f>] ? apei_hest_parse+0x9f/0x140
     [<ffffffff81bf1284>] ? hest_init+0xe2/0x138
     [<ffffffff81bf11a2>] ? hest_init+0x0/0x138
     [<ffffffff8100204c>] ? do_one_initcall+0x3c/0x1d0
     [<ffffffff81bbd884>] ? kernel_init+0x29d/0x2f9
     [<ffffffff8100c1ca>] ? child_rip+0xa/0x20
     [<ffffffff81bbd5e7>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x2f9
     [<ffffffff8100c1c0>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1

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