linux-kernel - Re: Please add to stable: module: don't unlink the module until we've removed all exposure.

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Date:	Mon, 3 Jun 2013 07:25:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...atus.com>
To:	Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...atus.com>
cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Please add to stable:  module: don't unlink the module until
 we've removed all exposure.

[fixing Cc: stable@...nel.org address]

On Sun, 2 Jun 2013, Joe Lawrence wrote:

> On Sun, 2 Jun 2013, Rusty Russell wrote:
> 
> > Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> writes:
> > 
> > > It turns out, the bug I spent yesterday chasing in various 3.9 kernels is apparently
> > > fixed by the commit in the title (c9c390bb5535380d40614571894ef0c00bc026ff).
> > 
> > Apparently being the operative word.
> > 
> > This commit avoids the entire "module insert failed due to sysfs race"
> > path in the common case, it doesn't fix any actual problem.
> > 
> > I think the real commit you want is Linus' kobject fix
> > a49b7e82cab0f9b41f483359be83f44fbb6b4979 "kobject: fix kset_find_obj()
> > race with concurrent last kobject_put()".
> > 
> > Or is that already in stable?
> 
> Hi Rusty,
>  
> I had pointed Ben (offlist) to that bugzilla entry without realizing
> there were other earlier related fixes in this space.  Re-viewing bz-
> 58011, it looks like it was opened against 3.8.12, while Ben and myself
> had encountered module loading problems in versions 3.9 and
> 3.9.[1-3].  I can update the bugzilla entry to add a comment noting commit
> a49b7e82 "kobject: fix kset_find_obj() race with concurrent last
> kobject_put()".
> 
> That said, it doesn't appear that commit 944a1fa "module: don't unlink the
> module until we've removed all exposure" has not made it into any stable  
> kernel.  On my system, applying this on top of 3.9 resolved a module
> unload/load race that would occasionally occur on boot (two video adapters
> of the same make, the module unloads for whatever reason and I see "module
> is already loaded" and "sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename
> '/module/mgag200'" messages every 5-10% instances.)  I have logs if you
> were interested in these warnings/crashes.
> 
> Hope this clarifies things.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- Joe
> 
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