From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: relayfs question related to removing parent directory.
Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 21:35:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130508203547.GX25399@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <518AB646.1000406@candelatech.com>
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?
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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 [this message]
2013-05-08 20:37 ` Ben Greear
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