Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] zram: fix deadlock with sysfs attribute usage and driver removal
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 2021-06-22 07:41:32
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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 2021-06-22 07:41:32
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On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 04:36:34PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
+ ssize_t __ret; \ + if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE)) \
try_module_get(THIS_MODULE) is always racy and probably does not do what you want it to do. You always want to get/put module references from code that is NOT the code calling these functions.
+ return -ENODEV; \ + __ret = _name ## _store(dev, attr, buf, len); \ + module_put(THIS_MODULE); \
This too is going to be racy. While fun to poke at, I still think this is pointless. greg k-h