linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] forgotten refcount on sysctl root table

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Date:	Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:15:43 -0500
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Parisc List <linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] forgotten refcount on sysctl root table

On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 17:05 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> 	We should've set refcount on the root sysctl table; otherwise we'll
> blow up the first time we get down to zero dynamically registered sysctl
> tables.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

That fixes the problem,

Thanks,

James


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