linux-kernel - Re: [BUG 2.6.36-rc6] list corruption in module_bug

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Date:	Mon, 4 Oct 2010 18:11:34 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Brandon Philips <brandon@...p.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG 2.6.36-rc6] list corruption in module_bug_finalize

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> It would seem to make most sense to do the module_bug_finalize() in
> the same location where we add the module to the list of modules.
>
> IOW, a patch like the attached. UNTESTED!

That patch is still untested, but reading through it once more I
noticed that I forgot to add the module_bug_cleanup() call to the
module exit path.

So here's a trivially fixed version that has the module unload doing
the bug cleanup too.

I also suspect that the whole 'module_bug_{finalize,cleanup}()' thing
should probably be moved to kernel/module.c, but that's a separate
issue entirely.

                           Linus

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