linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2 v2] cpu: fix leaks and udev race in register

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Date:	Tue, 14 May 2013 14:41:12 -0400
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	chuck.anderson@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2 v2] cpu: fix leaks and udev race in register_cpu()

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 04:46:05PM +0200, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> 1. move "crash_notes" and "crash_notes_size" to static attributes to
> guarantee that it's destroyed with CPU on unregister.
> 
> 2. fixes race between hotplugged CPU and onlining it via udev,
> described at https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/30/193
> 
> Igor Mammedov (2):
>   cpu: fix "crash_notes" and "crash_notes_size" leaks in register_cpu()
>   cpu: make sure that cpu/online file created before KOBJ_ADD is
>     emitted
> 
>  drivers/base/cpu.c |   59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  1 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

Nice, give me a few days to catch up with my patch queue, and I'll apply
this.

greg k-h
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