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From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
Subject: Re: fbdev sysfs support.
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 01:22:50 +0000
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To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: James Simmons <jsimmons@infradead.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>, Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>

On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 05:19:16PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 01:10:48AM +0000, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 01:01:35AM +0000, James Simmons wrote:
> > > +static void release_fb_info(struct class_device *class_dev)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct fb_info *info = to_fb_info(class_dev);
> > > +
> > > +	/* This doesn't harm */
> > > +	fb_dealloc_cmap(&info->cmap);
> > > +
> > > +	kfree(info);
> > > +}
> > 
> > So what has happens when we hit existing kfree() on fb_info while sysfs
> > node is busy?
> 
> This function will not get called until the sysfs node stops being busy,
> so it should all work properly.  But only if that fb_info structure was
> allocated dynamically, unlike all of the current fb drivers (see my
> other comment about this patch.)

This function will not.  Already existing kfree() in the drivers, OTOH, will.