Avoid race with "dev_rel()" when using the recently added
"delist_dev()" function. Make sure the character device structure doesn't go away until the end of the "destroy_dev()" function due to concurrently running cleanup code inside "devfs_populate()". MFC after: 1 week Reported by: dchagin@
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@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ devfs_alloc(int flags)
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vfs_timestamp(&ts);
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cdev->si_atime = cdev->si_mtime = cdev->si_ctime = ts;
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cdev->si_cred = NULL;
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/*
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* Avoid race with dev_rel() by setting the initial
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* reference count to 1. This last reference is taken
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* by the destroy_dev() function.
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*/
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cdev->si_refcount = 1;
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return (cdev);
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}
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@ -1048,8 +1048,6 @@ destroy_devl(struct cdev *dev)
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/* Remove name marking */
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dev->si_flags &= ~SI_NAMED;
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dev->si_refcount++; /* Avoid race with dev_rel() */
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/* If we are a child, remove us from the parents list */
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if (dev->si_flags & SI_CHILD) {
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LIST_REMOVE(dev, si_siblings);
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