linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mtd: use refcount to prevent corruption

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Date:   Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:14:01 +0200
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
        Vitaly Lubart <vitaly.lubart@...el.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mtd: use refcount to prevent corruption

On Tue, 2023-06-20 at 13:19:04 UTC, Alexander Usyskin wrote:
> From: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
> 
> When underlying device is removed mtd core will crash
> in case user space is holding open handle.
> Need to use proper refcounting so device is release
> only when has no users.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>

Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mtd/linux.git mtd/next, thanks.

Miquel