Re: kernfs/rtc: circular dependency between kernfs and ops_lock

[Sasha Levin]

On 03/25/2014 08:19 PM, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On 03/25/2014 06:39 PM, Alessandro Zummo wrote:
> > On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:52:30 -0400
> > Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > >    Pretty interesting indeed. One option would be to remove
> > > >    the sys files before acquiring the lock. But I wonder
> > > >    if this could lead to other issues.
> > >
> > > Ping? Seems this thing got lost.
> >
> >   What if we move
> >
> >     rtc_sysfs_del_device(rtc);
> >
> >   before acquiring the lock?
>
> Trying it now, I'll leave it going for a week and see if it reproduces.

Look good, thanks!


Thanks,
Sasha

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