RE: [PATCH] move exit_task_work() before exit_fs().

From: Ma, Xindong
Date: Sun Dec 28 2014 - 20:33:51 EST


> On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 03:45:25PM +0800, Leon Ma wrote:
> > We encountered following panic. The scenario is the process is exiting
> > and executing its task work. When closing dev node, the driver
> > triggers a firmware reload according to device status. Because task->fs is
> set to NULL in exit_fs(), panic happens.
> > Task work is a common interface, we should not limite the resource the
> user will utilize.
>
> Fix your driver. Forget ->fs being NULL; what will happen if your process is
> chrooted?
Thanks, But I'm not clear what is the limitation added to chroot env?
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