On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 03:11:58PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: madhuparnabhowmi...@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 22:53:29 +0530 > > > From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmi...@gmail.com> > > > > In capi_init(), after register_chrdev() the file operation callbacks > > can be called. However capinc_tty_init() is called later. > > Since capiminors and capinc_tty_driver are initialized in > > capinc_tty_init(), their initialization can race with their usage > > in various callbacks like in capi_release(). > > > > Therefore, call capinc_tty_init() before register_chrdev to avoid > > such race conditions. > > > > Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org). > > > > Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmi...@gmail.com> > > I agree with Arnd that this just exchanges one set of problems for > another.
Thanks Arnd and David, for reviewing the patch. Do you have any suggestions on how to fix this correctly? Regards, Madhuparna
