From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Taehee Yoo <ap420073@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 00/21] net: avoid to remove module when its debugfs is being used
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:32:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <29adbaa7a7f200589e56566069270c857fcba015.camel@sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201107110522.2a796f1d@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
On Sat, 2020-11-07 at 11:05 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Nov 2020 17:21:31 +0000 Taehee Yoo wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Hm, looks like some of the patches need to be revised because
> .owner is already set in the ops, and a warning gets generated.
>
> Also it'd be good to mention why Johannes's approach was abandoned.
Well, I had two.
One was awful, and worked in all cases.
The other was less awful, and didn't work in all cases.
I think both gave Al Viro hives ;-)
> Patch 1 needs to be split in two. Patches 2 and 3 would go via Johannes.
FWIW, I'm happy for you to take patches 2 and 3 as well, but I guess if
patch 1 needs to be split there's a resend coming anyway, so then I'll
be happy to take the patches 2/3 from a separate set.
johannes
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-10 8:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-07 17:21 [PATCH net v2 00/21] net: avoid to remove module when its debugfs is being used Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 01/21] net: set .owner to THIS_MODULE Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 02/21] mac80211: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 03/21] cfg80211: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 04/21] netdevsim: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 05/21] ieee802154: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 06/21] i2400m: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 07/21] wlcore: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 08/21] wl1251: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 09/21] iwlwifi: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 10/21] iwlegacy: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 11/21] rtlwifi: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 12/21] ath11k: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 13/21] ath10k: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 14/21] wcn36xx: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 15/21] wil6210: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 16/21] cw1200: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 17/21] brcmfmac: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:41 ` Arend Van Spriel
2020-11-07 18:16 ` Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 18/21] b43legacy: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 19/21] b43: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 20/21] mwifiex: mwifiex: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 17:21 ` [PATCH net v2 21/21] Bluetooth: " Taehee Yoo
2020-11-07 19:05 ` [PATCH net v2 00/21] net: avoid to remove module when its debugfs is being used Jakub Kicinski
2020-11-07 19:52 ` Taehee Yoo
2020-11-10 8:32 ` Johannes Berg [this message]
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