Re: [PATCHv2 6/6] mm/zpool: prevent zbud/zsmalloc from unloading when used

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Jun 23 2014 - 17:48:38 EST


On Mon, 2 Jun 2014 18:19:46 -0400 Dan Streetman <ddstreet@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Add try_module_get() to zpool_create_pool(), and module_put() to
> zpool_destroy_pool(). Without module usage counting, the driver module(s)
> could be unloaded while their pool(s) were active, resulting in an oops
> when zpool tried to access them.

Was wondering about that ;) We may as well fold
this fix into "mm/zpool: implement common zpool api to zbud/zsmalloc"?
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