linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH next]module: Fix mod->mkobj.kobj potentially freed too early

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Message-ID: <1377157838.2633.67.camel@ThinkPad-T5421>
Date:	Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:50:38 +0800
From:	Li Zhong <zhong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-next list <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH next]module: Fix mod->mkobj.kobj potentially freed
 too early

On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 16:30 +0930, Rusty Russell wrote:
> Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> writes:
> > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 05:49:58PM +0800, Li Zhong wrote:
> > >  struct kobj_type module_ktype = {
> > > +	.release   =	module_kobj_release,
> > >  	.sysfs_ops =	&module_sysfs_ops,
> > >  };
> >
> > Wait, as there is no release function here for the kobject (a different
> > problem), why is the deferred release function causing any problems?
> > There is no release function to call, so what is causing the oops?
> 
> Because DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE does the kobject_put() sometime later,
> which is what causes the oops.
> 
> Since kobjects don't have an owner field, AFAICT someone *could* grab
> one in a module which is unloading, then put it after unload.   So this
> fixes a real bug, albeit not one seen in the real world.
> 
> Applied,

Oh, thank you, Rusty. 

I just sent out another version... which fix it in another way as Greg
suggested, could you please also help to take a look at it?

Thanks, Zhong

> Rusty.
> 


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