From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: relayfs question related to removing parent directory.
Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 13:37:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <518AB7A6.30602@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130508203547.GX25399@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
On 05/08/2013 01:35 PM, Al Viro wrote:
> On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 01:32:06PM -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
>> I'm seeing a crash when unloading the ath9k module.
>>
>> It seems relay_close() is being passed bad memory.
>>
>> The relay_open call uses an ath9k debugfs directory, so
>> that may be removed before the call to relay_close()
>> is called.
>>
>> Does relayfs automatically close files when the parent
>> directory is removed?
>
> Why and how the hell would it possibly manage such a miracle?
>
No idea..I'm just trying to figure out why it is crashing
....don't see anything obvious in ath9k itself, but still looking.
Thanks,
Ben
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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
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2013-05-08 20:32 relayfs question related to removing parent directory Ben Greear
2013-05-08 20:35 ` Al Viro
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