linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] rv: Remove rv

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Message-ID: <0e05cce85c4f2c44123a52bd909a555d98fda8a5.camel@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:30:39 +0200
From: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>
To: Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Masami Hiramatsu
 <mhiramat@...nel.org>,  Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
 linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] rv: Remove rv_reactor's reference counter

On Tue, 2025-07-22 at 10:27 +0200, Nam Cao wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 05:49:02PM +0200, Gabriele Monaco wrote:
> 
> > Also, I'd need to verify this but depending on the order of exit
> > functions, we might be seeing the same problems with built-in
> > reactors when active on shutdown. I'm going to play a bit with this
> > and see if this workaround of not deleting the reactor was
> > introduced for that (I doubt though).
> 
> I'm not sure I follow. exit functions are never called for built-in
> reactors. They are even discarded out of the built image.
> 

You're right, was tripping, ignore what I just said..

Reviewed-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>

Thanks,
Gabriele