Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757074Ab3EOIFl (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 May 2013 04:05:41 -0400 Received: from merlin.infradead.org ([205.233.59.134]:54996 "EHLO merlin.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755108Ab3EOIFh (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 May 2013 04:05:37 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 10:04:51 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Sam Bradshaw Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, asamymuthupa@micron.com Subject: Re: [PATCH][TRIVIAL] mtip32xx: Fix NULL pointer dereference during module unload Message-ID: <20130515080451.GA3276@kernel.dk> References: <5192B209.1010301@micron.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5192B209.1010301@micron.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 576 Lines: 16 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/