From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Richard Fitzgerald <rf@opensource.cirrus.com>
Cc: rafael@kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, patches@opensource.cirrus.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] component: try_module_get() to prevent unloading while in use
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 20:09:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yt7cT66p0Bn+aXn5@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220725160859.1274472-1-rf@opensource.cirrus.com>
On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 05:08:59PM +0100, Richard Fitzgerald wrote:
> Call try_module_get() on a component before attempting to call its
> bind() function, to ensure that a loadable module cannot be
> unloaded while we are executing its bind().
How can bind be called while the module is unloaded?
> If the bind is successful the module_put() is called only after it
> has been unbound. This ensures that the module cannot be unloaded
> while it is in use as an aggregate device.
That's almost never the correct thing to do, what problem is this
solving?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-07-25 18:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-25 16:08 [PATCH] component: try_module_get() to prevent unloading while in use Richard Fitzgerald
2022-07-25 18:09 ` Greg KH [this message]
2022-07-26 10:32 ` Richard Fitzgerald
2022-07-26 17:28 ` Greg KH
2022-07-28 10:49 ` Richard Fitzgerald
2022-07-28 11:48 ` Greg KH
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