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This patch fixes a bug in the implementation of the function that removes the device. The bug can happen when the device is removed but not the driver itself (e.g. remove by the OS due to PCI freeze in Power architecture). In that case, there maybe open users that are calling IOCTLs while the device is removed. This is a possible race condition that the driver must handle. Otherwise, a kernel panic may occur. This race is prevented in the hard-reset flow, because the driver makes sure the users are closed before continuing with the hard-reset. This race can not occur when the driver itself is removed because the OS makes sure all the file descriptors are closed. The fix is to make sure the open users close their file descriptors and if they don't (after a certain amount of time), the driver sends them a SIGKILL, because the remove of the device can't be stopped. The patch re-uses the same code that is called from the hard-reset flow. Signed-off-by: Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@gmail.com> |
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.