linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 09/12] sysfs: fix deadlock race with module removal

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Message-ID: <YWbUFnway11HwuZl@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 13 Oct 2021 05:41:58 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 09/12] sysfs: fix deadlock race with module removal

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 03:26:02PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 01:50:31PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > For example, why does this not work?
> 
> It does for the write case for sure,

I mispoke, just for the record, the changes you mentioned actually don't
suffice for the test cases in question for test_sysfs, the deadlock
still occurs with those changes. At first I thought it did but I had failed
to remove my own fix first on fs/kernfs/dir.c. After removing that and
just trying the proposed changes I confirm it does not fix the deadlock.

  Luis