linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] uio: Fix uio driver to refcount device

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Message-ID: <550AD8FB.2030901@brocade.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:11:07 +0000
From:	Brian Russell <brian.russell@...cade.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Brian Russell <brussell@...cade.com>
CC:	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...sjkoch.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] uio: Fix uio driver to refcount device



On 19/03/15 14:05, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 01:40:39PM +0000, Brian Russell wrote:
>> Protect uio driver from its owner being unplugged while there are open fds.
>>
>> v5: add patch version changes
>>
>> v4: info struct passed in uio_register_device can be freed on unregister, so null
>>     out the field in uio_unregister_device and check accesses.
>>
>> v3: Embed struct device in struct uio_device, use refcounting on device, free
>>     uio_device on release.
>>
>> v2: Add blank line to header
> 
> These need to go below the --- line, we don't need them in the
> changelog.
> 
> v6?  :)
> 

Urgh! On its way :-)

Brian

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 
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