Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10737] New: pktgen procfs problem
From: Alexey Dobriyan <hidden>
Date: 2008-05-19 15:19:50
From: Alexey Dobriyan <hidden>
Date: 2008-05-19 15:19:50
remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'net/pktgen', leaking at least 'kpktgend_1'
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c +++ b/fs/proc/inode.c@@ -425,7 +425,8 @@ struct inode *proc_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int ino, } } unlock_new_inode(inode); - } + } else + module_put(de->owner); return inode; out_ino:
For the record, I fail to see how this can fix original bugreport: If rmmod started and proc warnings were spewed, module's refcount was 0, so positive refcount leak can't do that. Roland, was it just modprobe/rmmod or something else?