linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] race condition fixing in sysfs_create

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Date:	Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:41:50 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Dennis Chen <xschen@...oft.com.cn>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] race condition fixing in sysfs_create_dir

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 09:38:56AM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote:
> I don't think sysfs is supposed to handle multiple actors trying to
> populate and destroy the directory at the same time at all, so this

e.g. kobj->sd assignment in sysfs_create_dir() isn't synchronized and
doesn't have memory barrier either.  Nothing prevents subdirectory
creation from accessing half-initialized sysfs_dirent on architectures
which require read dependency barriers.  The caller is responsible for
synchronizing these operations.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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