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Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 21:35:48 +0100
From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
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Subject: Re: relayfs question related to removing parent directory.
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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?