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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Zhang Wensheng <zhangwensheng5@huawei.com>
Cc: rafael@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, yukuai3@huawei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] driver core: fix deadlock in __driver_attach
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:49:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YqNL6NPgP+cLOy/I@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220608094355.3298420-1-zhangwensheng5@huawei.com>

On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 05:43:55PM +0800, Zhang Wensheng wrote:
> In __driver_attach function, There are also potential AA deadlock
> problem, like the commit b232b02bf3c2 ("driver core: fix deadlock
> in __device_attach").

Potential, but real?

And the codepaths for drivers being added is much different than
devices, please provide the full information like you did in the other
commit.

Also, have you triggered this problem successfully and proven that this
change fixes the issue?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2022-06-10 13:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-08  9:43 [PATCH -next] driver core: fix deadlock in __driver_attach Zhang Wensheng
2022-06-10 13:49 ` Greg KH [this message]
2022-06-16  8:00   ` zhangwensheng (E)
2022-06-21 19:34     ` Greg KH
2022-06-16  7:11 ` zhangwensheng (E)

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