[Bug 222359] [NEW] Hardy: sysfs: duplicate filename 'i2c ir driver' can not be created

[Frank Haverkamp]

Public bug reported:

According to my dmesg output sysfs has trouble when lirc is used:
    sysfs: duplicate filename 'i2c ir driver' can not be created

I am using Hardy and updated to the latest code.

uname -r
2.6.24-16-generic

Here my dmesg output:

[   74.677303] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61 
[   74.734266] bttv: driver version 0.9.17 loaded
[   74.734271] bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
[   74.817681] ivtv:  Start initialization, version 1.1.0
[   74.818238] ivtv:  End initialization
[   74.834615] lirc_i2c: chip 0x1001b found @ 0x71 (Hauppauge HVR1300)
[   74.834981] lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 10
[   74.912254] sysfs: duplicate filename 'i2c ir driver' can not be created
[   74.912260] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/fs/sysfs/dir.c:424 sysfs_add_one()
[   74.912264] Pid: 7423, comm: modprobe Tainted: PF       2.6.24-16-generic #1
[   74.912266] 
[   74.912266] Call Trace:
[   74.912292]  [<ffffffff802fe418>] sysfs_add_one+0xb8/0xf0
[   74.912301]  [<ffffffff802fea30>] create_dir+0x60/0xb0
[   74.912321]  [<ffffffff802feab1>] sysfs_create_dir+0x31/0x50
[   74.912327]  [<ffffffff80344912>] kobject_get+0x12/0x20
[   74.912332]  [<ffffffff80344f23>] kobject_add+0xb3/0x200
[   74.912345]  [<ffffffff80345108>] kobject_register+0x28/0x50
[   74.912355]  [<ffffffff803b9581>] bus_add_driver+0x91/0x220
[   74.912374]  [<ffffffff8821588f>] :i2c_core:i2c_register_driver+0x7f/0x130
[   74.912384]  [<ffffffff88eb01c3>] :lirc_pvr150:init_module+0x53/0x60
[   74.912391]  [<ffffffff80263b6e>] sys_init_module+0x18e/0x1a90
[   74.912452]  [<ffffffff88e480d0>] :lirc_dev:lirc_register_plugin+0x0/0x520
[   74.912478]  [<ffffffff8020c37e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83
[   74.912507] 
[   74.912510] kobject_add failed for i2c ir driver with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory.
[   74.912514] Pid: 7423, comm: modprobe Tainted: PF       2.6.24-16-generic #1
[   74.912516] 
[   74.912516] Call Trace:
[   74.912524]  [<ffffffff80344fb9>] kobject_add+0x149/0x200
[   74.912537]  [<ffffffff80345108>] kobject_register+0x28/0x50
[   74.912546]  [<ffffffff803b9581>] bus_add_driver+0x91/0x220
[   74.912563]  [<ffffffff8821588f>] :i2c_core:i2c_register_driver+0x7f/0x130
[   74.912572]  [<ffffffff88eb01c3>] :lirc_pvr150:init_module+0x53/0x60
[   74.912578]  [<ffffffff80263b6e>] sys_init_module+0x18e/0x1a90
[   74.912633]  [<ffffffff88e480d0>] :lirc_dev:lirc_register_plugin+0x0/0x520
[   74.912659]  [<ffffffff8020c37e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83
[   74.912688] 
[ 1313.931147] wlan2: RX disassociation from 00:1b:11:f7:94:72 (reason=4)

** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Hardy: sysfs: duplicate filename 'i2c ir driver' can not be created
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