Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] xen/xenbus: reference count registered modules | From | Jürgen Groß <> | Date | Fri, 29 Nov 2019 16:46:15 +0100 |
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On 29.11.19 14:43, Paul Durrant wrote: > To prevent a module being removed whilst attached to a frontend, and > hence xenbus calling into potentially invalid text, take a reference on > the module before calling the probe() method (dropping it if unsuccessful) > and drop the reference after returning from the remove() method. > > NOTE: This allows the ad-hoc reference counting in xen-netback to be > removed. This will be done in a subsequent patch. > > Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> > Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@amazon.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Juergen
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