linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] genirq: proc: fix a procfs entry leak

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Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2023 22:12:41 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] genirq: proc: fix a procfs entry leak

On Mon, Aug 14 2023 at 11:36, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:

Please read and follow the guidelines of the tip tree:

  https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-tip.html

> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
>
> When removing the proc entry for a desc that still has active users, we
> will leak the irqaction entries. Let's remove them in
> unregister_irq_proc().

How exactly is an interrupt descriptor freed which has still active
users?

If that happens then the procfs entry leak is the least of your worries.

Thanks,

        tglx