netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: delete /proc THIS

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jan 2018 23:40:53 +0300
From:   Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references

On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 02:50:12PM -0500, David Miller wrote:
> From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
> Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 20:11:52 +0300
> 
> > /proc has been ignoring struct file_operations::owner field for ages.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
> 
> What, then, makes sure that the procfs files are unregistered before the
> referencing module is unloaded?

Core /proc code does the magic just like core net code deletes
interfaces correctly if ethernet modules gets deleted. Most fs/proc/inode.c
is dedicated to this.

> Please explain the situation, and add a reference to the commit that
> made procfs stop using the fops owner field.  That commit and it's
> commit message may help explain why all of this is fine.

Sure. It was ~10 years ago :^)