Re: [PATCH v2] driver core: Fix userspace expectations of uevent_show() as a probe barrier

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 08.10.24 02:26, Dan Williams wrote:
> Dan Williams wrote:
>> Changes since v1 [1]:
>> - Move the new "locked" infrastructure to private header files to make
>>   it clear it is not approved for general usage (Greg)
> 
> Greg, per the 0day report and further testing I am missing something
> subtle in using kernfs open files to pin device objects. So hold off on
> this for now until I can get that root caused. If someone else can spot
> what I missed feel free to chime in, but otherwise I will circle back.
> 
> If I don't get back to this before -rc6 I think the theoretical deadlock
> that would be re-introduced by a revert of 15fffc6a5624 would be
> preferable to this reported regression. I am not aware of any reports of
> that deadlock triggering in practice.
Was there any progress? If not: given that Linus prefers to have things
fixed by -rc6 I wonder if now would be a good time to get the revert on
track for a merge later this week.

Ciao, Thorsten

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