When debugfs file is opened, its module should not be removed until it's closed. Because debugfs internally uses the module's data. So, it could access freed memory. In order to avoid panic, it just sets .owner to THIS_MODULE. So that all modules will be held when its debugfs file is opened. Test commands: cat <<EOF > open.c #include <unistd.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <stdio.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY); if(fd < 0) { printf("failed to open\n"); return 1; } usleep(3000000); close(fd); return 0; } EOF gcc -o open open.c modprobe netdevsim echo 1 > /sys/bus/netdevsim/new_device ./open /sys/kernel/debug/netdevsim/netdevsim1/take_snapshot & modprobe -rv netdevsim Splat looks like: [ 75.305876][ T662] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff8096db4 [ 75.308979][ T662] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 75.311311][ T662] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 75.313737][ T662] PGD 1237ee067 P4D 1237ee067 PUD 123612067 PMD 100ba7067 PTE 0 [ 75.316858][ T662] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC KASAN PTI [ 75.319389][ T662] CPU: 1 PID: 662 Comm: open Not tainted 5.10.0-rc2+ #785 [ 75.322312][ T662] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.10.2-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014 [ 75.326429][ T662] RIP: 0010:full_proxy_release+0xca/0x290 [ 75.328712][ T662] Code: c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 60 01 00 00 49 8d bc 24 80 00 00 00 4c 8b 73 28 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 71 01 00 00 49 8b 84 24 80 00 00 00 48 85 c0 0f [ 75.336716][ T662] RSP: 0018:ffff88800400fe48 EFLAGS: 00010a06 [ 75.339153][ T662] RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff88810139de00 RCX: ffff88810139de28 [ 75.342419][ T662] RDX: 1ffffffff8096db4 RSI: ffff88810139de00 RDI: ffffffffc04b6da0 [ 75.345629][ T662] RBP: ffff8881168342b0 R08: ffff8881168342b0 R09: ffff888110765300 [ 75.348804][ T662] R10: ffff88800400fe88 R11: ffffed1022ac648a R12: ffffffffc04b6d20 [ 75.352052][ T662] R13: ffff88810139de28 R14: ffff8881054a6d00 R15: ffff888110765300 [ 75.355325][ T662] FS: 00007f937b80f4c0(0000) GS:ffff888118e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 75.358955][ T662] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 75.361634][ T662] CR2: fffffbfff8096db4 CR3: 0000000004292002 CR4: 00000000003706e0 [ 75.364847][ T662] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 75.368003][ T662] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 75.371259][ T662] Call Trace: [ 75.372655][ T662] __fput+0x1ff/0x820 [ 75.374316][ T662] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x24/0x30 [ 75.376454][ T662] task_work_run+0xd3/0x170 [ 75.378268][ T662] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x14b/0x150 [ 75.380586][ T662] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x40/0x250 [ 75.383015][ T662] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 [ 75.385427][ T662] RIP: 0033:0x7f937b3159e4 [ ... ] v1 -> v2: - Rebase - Squash patches into per-driver/subsystem Taehee Yoo (21): net: set .owner to THIS_MODULE mac80211: set .owner to THIS_MODULE cfg80211: set .owner to THIS_MODULE netdevsim: set .owner to THIS_MODULE ieee802154: set .owner to THIS_MODULE i2400m: set .owner to THIS_MODULE wlcore: set .owner to THIS_MODULE wl1251: set .owner to THIS_MODULE iwlwifi: set .owner to THIS_MODULE iwlegacy: set .owner to THIS_MODULE rtlwifi: set .owner to THIS_MODULE ath11k: set .owner to THIS_MODULE ath10k: set .owner to THIS_MODULE wcn36xx: set .owner to THIS_MODULE wil6210: set .owner to THIS_MODULE cw1200: set .owner to THIS_MODULE brcmfmac: set .owner to THIS_MODULE b43legacy: set .owner to THIS_MODULE b43: set .owner to THIS_MODULE mwifiex: mwifiex: set .owner to THIS_MODULE Bluetooth: set .owner to THIS_MODULE drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c | 3 ++- drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c | 2 ++ drivers/net/netdevsim/health.c | 1 + drivers/net/netdevsim/udp_tunnels.c | 1 + drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/debugfs.c | 2 ++ drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.c | 15 ++++++++++----- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debugfs.c | 7 +++++-- drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/debug.c | 2 ++ drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/debugfs.c | 1 + .../net/wireless/broadcom/b43legacy/debugfs.c | 1 + .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c | 1 + drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-rs.c | 1 + drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-rs.c | 3 +++ drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/debug.c | 3 +++ .../net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/debugfs.c | 3 +++ drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/rs.c | 3 +++ .../net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/debugfs.c | 3 +++ .../net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/debugfs.c | 1 + .../net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/debugfs.h | 3 +++ drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c | 3 +++ .../net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c | 3 +++ .../net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/debugfs.c | 3 +++ drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/debug.c | 1 + drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/debug.c | 1 + drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/debugfs.c | 4 ++++ drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/debugfs.h | 3 +++ net/6lowpan/debugfs.c | 1 + net/batman-adv/log.c | 1 + net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c | 1 + net/bluetooth/hci_core.c | 2 ++ net/bluetooth/hci_debugfs.c | 6 ++++++ net/bluetooth/selftest.c | 1 + net/bluetooth/smp.c | 2 ++ net/mac80211/debugfs.c | 7 +++++++ net/mac80211/debugfs_key.c | 3 +++ net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c | 1 + net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c | 2 ++ net/mac80211/rate.c | 1 + net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht_debugfs.c | 2 ++ net/wireless/debugfs.c | 2 ++ 41 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) -- 2.17.1