linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] devres: Fix possible use after free

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Message-ID: <BANLkTimvNoS2ht7vYJn2w6EC9q78TQkhVA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:59:57 +0100
From:	Maxin B John <maxin.john@...il.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, segooon@...il.com, jkosina@...e.cz,
	tglx@...utronix.de, eike-kernel@...tec.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] devres: Fix possible use after free

Hi Tejun,

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Yeap, sounds mostly okay but there's no 'possible use after free'.
> Maybe something like, "devres uses the pointer value as key after it's
> freed, which is safe but triggers spurious use-after-free warnings on
> some static analysis tools.  Rearrange code to avoid such warnings".
>
Thanks a lot for this suggestion. I think, this describes the patch in
a much better way.

Warm Regards,
Maxin
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