[ofa-general] IB kernel modules and the kobject release() method

[Bart Van Assche]

Hello,

After having enabled CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT=y in the kernel config I
noticed that messages appeared in the kernel log about the IB modules
missing a kobject release() method. This happens both with a vanilla
2.6.30.4 kernel and with a 2.6.27.29 kernel + OFED 1.4.1. Has anyone
noticed this before ?

An example of the messages logged in /var/log/messages:

...
kobject: 'ib_cm' (ffffffffa067a810): does not have a release()
function, it is broken and must be fixed.
kobject: 'iw_cm' (ffffffffa06a58d0): does not have a release()
function, it is broken and must be fixed.
...

See also https://bugs.openfabrics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1702.

Bart.