Re: [PATCH RFC] fix RCU-callback-after-kmem_cache_destroy problem in sl[aou]b

[Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>]

On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 15:08 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 04:27:19PM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 12:31 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > > 
> > > Jesper noted that kmem_cache_destroy() invokes synchronize_rcu() rather
> > > than rcu_barrier() in the SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU case, which could result
> > > in RCU callbacks accessing a kmem_cache after it had been destroyed.
> > > 
> > > The following untested (might not even compile) patch proposes a fix.
> > 
> > Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
> > 
> > Nick, you'll want to make sure you get this in SLQB.
> > 
> > > Reported-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <jdb@comx.dk>
> 
> And I seem to have blown Jesper's email address (apologies, Jesper!), so:
> 
> Reported-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk>

Compiles and boots here so I went ahead and applied the patch. ;) Thanks
a lot Paul!

			Pekka

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