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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-12-15 12:24:44 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-12-15 12:24:44 -0800 |
| commit | b01d7cb41ff51b7779977de601a984406e2a5ba9 (patch) | |
| tree | 8905489ee1520843a5737e670d61465b96141463 /drivers/block | |
| parent | 2e6d304515ba9936d85265ad93dddc4c13c17d06 (diff) | |
| parent | c673ec61ade89bf2f417960f986bc25671762efb (diff) | |
Merge tag 'for-linus-5.5b-rc2-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip
Pull xen fixes from Juergen Gross:
"Two fixes: one for a resource accounting bug in some configurations
and a fix for another patch which went into rc1"
* tag 'for-linus-5.5b-rc2-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip:
xen/balloon: fix ballooned page accounting without hotplug enabled
xen-blkback: prevent premature module unload
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c index e8c5c54e1d26..d6a6adfd5159 100644 --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c @@ -171,6 +171,15 @@ static struct xen_blkif *xen_blkif_alloc(domid_t domid) blkif->domid = domid; atomic_set(&blkif->refcnt, 1); init_completion(&blkif->drain_complete); + + /* + * Because freeing back to the cache may be deferred, it is not + * safe to unload the module (and hence destroy the cache) until + * this has completed. To prevent premature unloading, take an + * extra module reference here and release only when the object + * has been freed back to the cache. + */ + __module_get(THIS_MODULE); INIT_WORK(&blkif->free_work, xen_blkif_deferred_free); return blkif; @@ -320,6 +329,7 @@ static void xen_blkif_free(struct xen_blkif *blkif) /* Make sure everything is drained before shutting down */ kmem_cache_free(xen_blkif_cachep, blkif); + module_put(THIS_MODULE); } int __init xen_blkif_interface_init(void) |