Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:59:41 -0800 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -next 8/8] block: fix null-pointer dereference in ioc_pd_init |
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 09:32:58AM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote: > > No, that now means it is removed to later. You need to add proper > > synchronization. > > . > > > > Can you explain a bit more? Maybe I'm being noob, here disk is about to > be freed, and I can think of any contention.
Right now we need synchronization with e.g. open_mutex and a check for a dead disk, which I suggst to add insted of creating a lifetime imbalance.
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