Re: [PATCH] procfs bug exposed by cdev changes

[Olivier NICOLAS <olivn@trollprod.org>]

 >       fs/inode.c assumes that any ->delete_inode() will call 
 >clear_inode().
 >procfs instance doesn't. It had passed unpunished for a while; cdev 
 >changes
 >combined with ALSA creating character devices in procfs made it fatal.
 >
 >        Patch follows. It had fixed ALSA-triggered memory corruption 
 >here -
 >what happens in vanilla 2.5.70 is that clear_inode() is not called when
 >procfs character device inodes are freed. That leaves a freed inode on
 >a cyclic list, with obvious unpleasantness following when we try to 
 >traverse
 >it (e.g. when unregistering a device).
 >
 >        Please, apply. Folks who'd seen oopsen/memory corruption after
 >ALSA access - please, check if that fixes all problems.


modprobe snd-intel8x0
rmmod snd-intel8x0

ALSA works for me,

Thanks
Olivier