linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] devtmpfs: fix placement of complete() call

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Date:   Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:44:04 +0100
From:   Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
To:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] devtmpfs: fix placement of complete() call

On 12/03/2021 11.30, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> Calling complete() from within the __init function is wrong -
> theoretically, the init process could proceed all the way to freeing
> the init mem before the devtmpfsd thread gets to execute the return
> instruction in devtmpfs_setup().

Greg, ping? Also for the other one.