Hello, have not tested it yet, but i quess, the code mentioned by Peter is in pkt_new_dev() that is called by pkt_setup_dev():
/* This is safe, since we have a reference from open(). */ __module_get(THIS_MODULE); So, now, there must be checks in every sysfs operation in the module code, to ensure that the module is still loaded? BTW: the bug report says: Steps to reproduce: modprobe pktcdvd echo 22:0 >/sys/class/pktcdvd/add Is there any module unload??? Why is the module not available after the modprobe, but the sysfs entries, generated by the module? Confused ;) -Thomas Am 06.11.2007, 10:06 Uhr, schrieb Tejun Heo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Greg cc'd] > > Peter Osterlund wrote: >> On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Jens Axboe wrote: >> >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> You don't seem to have a bugzilla account, so could not reassign to you. >>> See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9294 >> >> Problem is repeatable on my computer. It dies in __module_get() on this >> line: >> >> BUG_ON(module_refcount(module) == 0); >> >> I think this is because commit 7b595756ec1f49e0049a9e01a1298d53a7faaa15, >> which states: "Note that with this change, userland holding a sysfs node >> does not prevent the backing module from being unloaded." >> >> Unfortunately, I don't know how this sysfs stuff is supposed to work, >> and therefore don't know how to fix the problem. > > Does this fix the problem? > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/