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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, vojtech@suse.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] 2/3 Serio: possible race in handle_events
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 00:34:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030823003447.24aa1efc.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200308230225.10308.dtor_core@ameritech.net>

Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
> Do you think we should introduce allocate_serio/free_serio pair for dynamically 
>  allocated serios; free_serio would scan event_list and invalidate events that 
>  refer to freed serio?

I don't understand the subsystem well enough to say.  But if we are
receiving events which refer to an already-freed serio then something is
very broken.  We should be draining all those events before allowing the
original object to be freed up.

Let's wait for Vojtech's comments.



  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-23  7:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-23  6:31 [PATCH 2.6] 2/3 Serio: possible race in handle_events Dmitry Torokhov
2003-08-23  7:00 ` Andrew Morton
     [not found]   ` <200308230206.25142.dtor_core@ameritech.net>
2003-08-23  7:19     ` Andrew Morton
2003-08-23  7:25       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2003-08-23  7:34         ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2003-08-23 11:41           ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2003-08-23 21:42           ` Dmitry Torokhov

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