linux-kernel - Re: bdi: fix use-after-free for dev

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Date:   Sat, 25 Apr 2020 09:59:06 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     axboe@...nel.dk
Cc:     yuyufen@...wei.com, tj@...nel.org, jack@...e.cz,
        bvanassche@....org, tytso@....edu, hdegoede@...hat.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bdi: fix use-after-free for dev_name(bdi->dev) v3

Any more comments?  Are we ready to merge this now?

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 09:38:42AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> the first three patches are my take on the proposal from Yufen Yu
> to fix the use after free of the device name of the bdi device.
> 
> The rest is vaguely related cleanups.
> 
> Changes since v2:
>  - switch vboxsf to a shorter bdi name
> 
> Changes since v1:
>  - use a static dev_name buffer inside struct backing_dev_info
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