linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: add kset_obj

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Message-ID: <87txn56cbi.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:25:13 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, bhelgaas@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: add kset_obj_exists() and use it

Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com> writes:
> Tested for a day on two reproducers on the latest upstream kernel, with the
> recent kobject fix a49b7e82 ("kobject: fix kset_find_obj() race with
> concurrent last kobject_put()") - it fixes the issue, no regressions met.

Thanks, I've included the fix in my modules-next tree.

I did not CC:stable, since concurrent unload and reload is not really a
normal condition.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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