Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 5 Nov 2001 22:21:52 -0700 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: more devfs fun (Piled Higher and Deeper) |
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Alexander Viro writes: > devfs_rmdir() checks that directory is empty. Then it calls > devfsd_notify_one(), which can block. Then it marks the entry > unregistered and reports success. > > Guess what will happen if devfs_register() will happen at that > moment...
Yeah, I fixed that one a couple of months ago in the new tree. I now unhook from the directory structure before sending the notification.
Regards,
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