From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Andrey Tsyvarev <tsyvarev@ispras.ru>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/module.c: Free lock-classes if parse_args failed
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 12:10:53 +1030 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d268c3mi.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54BE082A.20207@ispras.ru>
Andrey Tsyvarev <tsyvarev@ispras.ru> writes:
> 20.01.2015 9:37, Rusty Russell пишет:
>> Andrey Tsyvarev <tsyvarev@ispras.ru> writes:
>>> parse_args call module parameters' .set handlers, which may use locks defined in the module.
>>> So, these classes should be freed in case parse_args returns error(e.g. due to incorrect parameter passed).
>> Thanks, this seems right. Applied.
>>
>> But this makes me ask: where is lockdep_free_key_range() called on the
>> module init code? It doesn't seem to be at all...
> As I understand, locks are not allowed to be defined in the module init
> section. So, no needs to call lockdep_free_key_range() for it.
> This has a sense: objects from that section are allowed to be used only
> by module->init() function. But a single function call doesn't require
> any synchronization wrt itself.
I don't know that we have any __initdata locks; it would be really
weird.
But change 'static DEFINE_MUTEX(mutex_param);' to 'static __initdata
DEFINE_MUTEX(mutex_param);' to test.
Cheers,
Rusty.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-21 3:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-14 6:25 [PATCH] kernel/module.c: Free lock-classes if parse_args failed Andrey Tsyvarev
2015-01-20 6:37 ` Rusty Russell
2015-01-20 7:47 ` Andrey Tsyvarev
2015-01-21 1:40 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2015-01-21 10:49 ` Andrey Tsyvarev
2015-01-22 0:40 ` Rusty Russell
2015-01-22 9:27 ` Andrey Tsyvarev
2015-01-20 9:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-02-19 0:12 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-02-19 11:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-02-19 12:24 ` Ingo Molnar
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