On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 07:24:46PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 06:04:27PM -0700, George Zhang wrote:
> > +/*
> > + * Releases the given VMCISubscription.
> > + * Fires the destroy event if the reference count has gone to zero.
> > + */
> > +static void event_release(struct vmci_subscription *entry)
> > +{
> > + kref_put(&entry->kref, event_signal_destroy);
> > +}
>
> Same question as before with the kref_put() call, what is handling the
> locking here? It looks like a race to me.
The reference is taken only if event is on the list (which managed by
RCU and a mutex), so it is not possible to go from 0->1 for that
refcount.
Thanks,
Dmitry
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