linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][TRIVIAL] mtip32xx: Fix NULL pointer dereference during module unload

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Message-ID: <20130515080451.GA3276@kernel.dk>
Date:	Wed, 15 May 2013 10:04:51 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@...ron.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, asamymuthupa@...ron.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH][TRIVIAL] mtip32xx: Fix NULL pointer dereference during
 module unload

On Tue, May 14 2013, Sam Bradshaw wrote:
> An open file-handle to one or more of the driver exported debugfs
> nodes causes raciness in recursive removal during module unload;
> sometimes a stale parent dentry is dereferenced when more than 1
> pci device is present.

Thanks applied, I hit this one too recently.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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