Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Jan 2015 17:40:49 +0200 | From | "Michael S. Tsirkin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] virtio: don't free memory until the underlying struct device has been released |
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On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 10:03:27AM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote: > On 01/04/2015 06:26 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 02:47:40PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote: > >> > When releasing a virtio device, We can't free a struct virtio_device until the > >> > underlying struct device has been released, which might not happen immediately > >> > on device_unregister() even if that was the device's last reference. > >> > > >> > Instead, free the memory only once we know the device is gone in the release > >> > callback. > >> > > >> > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> > > > > Isn't this an old bug: do we need to copy stable on a fix? > > > > What is the behaviour without this patch? > > Is there a way to make this cause a crash? > > It will oops if CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE is enabled. I guess > it needs to go to stable as well. > > > Thanks, > Sasha
I see.
It's probably a good idea to document the crash in the commit log, and also add a code comment.
I'll post the series with these minor tweaks, please confirm that this fixes the issues for you.
-- MST
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