linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] mtd: core/part: trying to delete partition with usecount

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Message-ID: <87ldxg26hn.fsf@bootlin.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:15:00 +0100
From: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To: Andreas Oetken <ennoerlangen@...il.com>
Cc: Andreas Oetken <andreas.oetken@...mens-energy.com>,  Richard Weinberger
 <richard@....at>,  Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
  linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] mtd: core/part: trying to delete partition with
 usecount > 0 corrupt partition

Hi Andreas,

On 15/11/2024 at 09:55:13 +01, Andreas Oetken <ennoerlangen@...il.com> wrote:

> Check for usecount before deleting debugfs and sysfs entries.
> Otherwise deleting the partition a second time leads to a kernel
> panic.

What kernel version are you using? I believe this bug no longer exists
in mainline. Let me know if I disregarded something though.

Thanks for the patch anyway, it was clean.

Cheers,
Miquèl