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Message-Id: <20070829162335.8d5e8eca.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:23:35 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc: bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
mattilinnanvuori@...oo.com
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 8957] New: Exported functions and variables
should not be reachable by the outside of the module until module_init
finishes
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:33:06 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8957
>
> Summary: Exported functions and variables should not be reachable
> by the outside of the module until module_init finishes
> Product: Other
> Version: 2.5
> KernelVersion: 2.6.23-rc4
> Platform: All
> OS/Version: Linux
> Tree: Mainline
> Status: NEW
> Severity: normal
> Priority: P1
> Component: Modules
> AssignedTo: other_modules@...nel-bugs.osdl.org
> ReportedBy: mattilinnanvuori@...oo.com
>
>
> Problem Description: a module's exported functions can be called before before
> they are properly initialized by the module_init function.
>
> Steps to reproduce: write a module that exports functions that require
> initialization by the module_init function to work correctly.
>
> E.g. spin lock variables are no longer allowed to be initialized by C
> initializers of the module but only by spin_lock_init that can be called by the
> module_init function. If an exported function calls spin_lock before it is
> initialized, it deadlocks.
>
ooh, nice bug ;)
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