Re: [PATCH 0/4] PCI/AER: Use-after-free fix

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On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 05:06:05PM +0000, Alex_Gagniuc@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Keith Busch [mailto:keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx] 
> 
> > AER error handling walks the PCI topology below a root port, saving
> > pointers of the pci_dev structs affected by the error along the way.
> 
> Hi Keith,
> 
> I've been trying to do an ABA test to confirm that your change
> eliminates the use-after-free issue we've seen. The race seems to be
> quite elusive, so I can't reliably reproduce it. Your changes have not
> been forgotten; I have them staged for further testing.
> 
> Alex

No worries. This is essentially just a "safe" version of the patch that
you had tested, so if that one was successful, this one should be too.



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