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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] genirq: proc: fix a procfs entry leak
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    On Mon, Aug 14 2023 at 11:36, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:

    Please read and follow the guidelines of the tip tree:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-tip.html

    > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
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    > When removing the proc entry for a desc that still has active users, we
    > will leak the irqaction entries. Let's remove them in
    > unregister_irq_proc().

    How exactly is an interrupt descriptor freed which has still active
    users?

    If that happens then the procfs entry leak is the least of your worries.

    Thanks,

    tglx


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