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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 01:37:26 +0900
From: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net 000/117] net: avoid to remove module when its debugfs
is being used
On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 at 01:14, Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net> wrote:
On Thu, 2020-10-08 at 15:59 +0000, David Laight wrote:
Hi Johannes and David,
Thank you for the review!
> From: Taehee Yoo
> > Sent: 08 October 2020 16:49
> >
> > When debugfs file is opened, its module should not be removed until
> > it's closed.
> > Because debugfs internally uses the module's data.
> > So, it could access freed memory.
> >
> > In order to avoid panic, it just sets .owner to THIS_MODULE.
> > So that all modules will be held when its debugfs file is opened.
>
> Can't you fix it in common code?
> Yeah I was just wondering that too - weren't the proxy_fops even already
> intended to fix this?
I didn't try to fix this issue in the common code(debugfs).
Because I thought It's a typical pattern of panic and THIS_MODULE
can fix it clearly.
So I couldn't think there is a root reason in the common code.
> The modules _should_ be removing the debugfs files, and then the
> proxy_fops should kick in, no?
If I understand your mention correctly,
you mean that when the module is being removed, the opened file
should be closed automatically by debugfs filesystem.
Is that right?
> So where's the issue?
> johannes
Thanks a lot!
Taehee
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