Re: relayfs question related to removing parent directory.

[Ben Greear]

On 05/08/2013 01:35 PM, Al Viro wrote:
> On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 01:32:06PM -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
> > I'm seeing a crash when unloading the ath9k module.
> >
> > It seems relay_close() is being passed bad memory.
> >
> > The relay_open call uses an ath9k debugfs directory, so
> > that may be removed before the call to relay_close()
> > is called.
> >
> > Does relayfs automatically close files when the parent
> > directory is removed?
>
> Why and how the hell would it possibly manage such a miracle?

No idea..I'm just trying to figure out why it is crashing
....don't see anything obvious in ath9k itself, but still looking.

Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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