Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/9] klp: Fix obvious RCU fail

[Jiri Kosina]

On Sat, 28 Feb 2015, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> While one must hold RCU-sched (aka. preempt_disable) for find_symbol()
> one must equally hold it over the use of the object returned.
> 
> The moment you release the RCU-sched read lock, the object can be dead
> and gone.
> 
> Cc: Seth Jennings <sjenning@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>

I guess you'll be taking this together with the series, so I am not 
applying it.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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