Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262354AbUKDTEt (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 14:04:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262360AbUKDTEs (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 14:04:48 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:25287 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262354AbUKDTDX (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 14:03:23 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:59:31 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Tejun Heo Cc: mochel@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.10-rc1 3/5] driver-model: sysfs_release() dangling pointer reference fix Message-ID: <20041104185931.GB17756@kroah.com> References: <20041104070134.GA25567@home-tj.org> <20041104070337.GD25567@home-tj.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041104070337.GD25567@home-tj.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 632 Lines: 18 On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 04:03:37PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: > df_03_sysfs_release_fix.patch > > Some attributes are allocated dynamically (e.g. module and device > parameters) and are usually deallocated when the assoicated kobject is > released. So, it's not safe to access attr after putting the kobject. > > > Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Applied, thanks. greg k-h - 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/