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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@micron.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, asamymuthupa@micron.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH][TRIVIAL] mtip32xx: Fix NULL pointer dereference during module unload
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 10:04:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130515080451.GA3276@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5192B209.1010301@micron.com>

On Tue, May 14 2013, Sam Bradshaw wrote:
> An open file-handle to one or more of the driver exported debugfs
> nodes causes raciness in recursive removal during module unload;
> sometimes a stale parent dentry is dereferenced when more than 1
> pci device is present.

Thanks applied, I hit this one too recently.

-- 
Jens Axboe


  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-15  8:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-14 21:52 [PATCH][TRIVIAL] mtip32xx: Fix NULL pointer dereference during module unload Sam Bradshaw
2013-05-15  8:04 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
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2013-05-14 21:29 Sam Bradshaw

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