On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 11:59:25PM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > As for the syfs deadlock possible with drivers, this fixes it in a generic > way: > > commit fac43d8025727a74f80a183cc5eb74ed902a5d14 > Author: Luis Chamberlain <mcg...@kernel.org> > Date: Sat Mar 27 14:58:15 2021 +0000 > > sysfs: add optional module_owner to attribute > > This is needed as otherwise the owner of the attribute > or group read/store might have a shared lock used on driver removal, > and deadlock if we race with driver removal. > > Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcg...@kernel.org>
No, please no. Module removal is a "best effort", if the system dies when it happens, that's on you. I am not willing to expend extra energy and maintance of core things like sysfs for stuff like this that does not matter in any system other than a developer's box. Lock data, not code please. Trying to tie data structure's lifespans to the lifespan of code is a tangled mess, and one that I do not want to add to in any form. sorry, greg k-h
