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SubjectRe: [Patch -mm 2/2] driver core: Introduce device_move(): move a device
Cornelia Huck wrote:

> + if (old_parent)
> + klist_del(&dev->knode_parent);
> + klist_add_tail(&dev->knode_parent, &new_parent->klist_children);

> + klist_del(&dev->knode_parent);
> + if (old_parent)
> + klist_add_tail(&dev->knode_parent,
> &old_parent->klist_children);

This is wrong. klist_del() does not wait for the knode to be removed from
its klist. You need to use klist_remove().

I don't see any protection against new_parent being removed while dev is
being transferred under it. Are you relying on the caller to make sure
this never happens?

Alan Stern

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