RHEL 6.1 and 6.2 kernel-debug prints a "sysctl table check" failure and backtrace in dmesg
Issue
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kernel reported a sysctl table check failure.
sysctl_check_dir: failed: /dev ref: /dev .7 sysctl table check failed: /dev Inconsistent directory names Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64.debug #1 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8109f429>] ? set_fail+0x59/0x60 [<ffffffff8109f7d4>] ? sysctl_check_table+0x3a4/0x680 [<ffffffff8107860d>] ? __register_sysctl_paths+0x11d/0x350 [<ffffffff8150c6fe>] ? mutex_unlock+0xe/0x10 [<ffffffff813678b2>] ? kobj_map+0x1b2/0x1d0 [<ffffffff81ba56c0>] ? md_init+0x0/0x14e [<ffffffff8107886b>] ? register_sysctl_paths+0x2b/0x30 [<ffffffff81078888>] ? register_sysctl_table+0x18/0x20 [<ffffffff81ba57b9>] ? md_init+0xf9/0x14e [<ffffffff8100204c>] ? do_one_initcall+0x3c/0x1d0 [<ffffffff81b69883>] ? kernel_init+0x29c/0x2f8 [<ffffffff8105872d>] ? finish_task_switch+0x7d/0x110 [<ffffffff810ac0dd>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x14d/0x190 [<ffffffff8100c28a>] ? child_rip+0xa/0x20 [<ffffffff8100bbd0>] ? restore_args+0x0/0x30 [<ffffffff81b695e7>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x2f8 [<ffffffff8100c280>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 Update 1 and 2
- kernel-debug releases 2.6.32-131.el6 and later, prior to 2.6.32-279.el6
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