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Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 13:37:58 -0700 From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> To: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: relayfs question related to removing parent directory. On 05/08/2013 01:35 PM, Al Viro wrote: > On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 01:32:06PM -0700, Ben Greear wrote: >> I'm seeing a crash when unloading the ath9k module. >> >> It seems relay_close() is being passed bad memory. >> >> The relay_open call uses an ath9k debugfs directory, so >> that may be removed before the call to relay_close() >> is called. >> >> Does relayfs automatically close files when the parent >> directory is removed? > > Why and how the hell would it possibly manage such a miracle? > No idea..I'm just trying to figure out why it is crashing ....don't see anything obvious in ath9k itself, but still looking. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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