The patch titled zorro: use non-racy method for proc entries creation has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is zorro-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: zorro: use non-racy method for proc entries creation From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@xxxxxxxxxx> Use proc_create()/proc_create_data() to make sure that ->proc_fops and ->data be setup before gluing PDE to main tree. Add correct ->owner to proc_fops to fix reading/module unloading race. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/zorro/proc.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/zorro/proc.c~zorro-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation drivers/zorro/proc.c --- a/drivers/zorro/proc.c~zorro-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation +++ a/drivers/zorro/proc.c @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ proc_bus_zorro_read(struct file *file, c } static const struct file_operations proc_bus_zorro_operations = { + .owner = THIS_MODULE, .llseek = proc_bus_zorro_lseek, .read = proc_bus_zorro_read, }; @@ -136,11 +137,11 @@ static int __init zorro_proc_attach_devi char name[4]; sprintf(name, "%02x", slot); - entry = create_proc_entry(name, 0, proc_bus_zorro_dir); + entry = proc_create_data(name, 0, proc_bus_zorro_dir, + &proc_bus_zorro_operations, + &zorro_autocon[slot]); if (!entry) return -ENOMEM; - entry->proc_fops = &proc_bus_zorro_operations; - entry->data = &zorro_autocon[slot]; entry->size = sizeof(struct zorro_dev); return 0; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from den@xxxxxxxxxx are git-net.patch proc-introduce-proc_create_data-to-setup-de-data.patch nfsd-use-proc_create-to-setup-de-proc_fops.patch nfs-use-proc_create-to-setup-de-proc_fops.patch afs-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch ext4-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch reiserfs-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch jbd2-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch sysvipc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch mm-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-swaps-creation.patch sound-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-driver-snd-page-alloc-creation.patch zorro-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch samples-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-marker-example-creation.patch scsi-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch usb-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch s390-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch arm-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-davinci_clocks-creation.patch avr32-proc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-tlb-creation.patch cris-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-system_profile-creation.patch ia64-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch parisc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-pcxl_dma-creation.patch powerpc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch acpi-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch netdev-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch isdn-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch kernel-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch parisc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation.patch drivers-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-entries-creation-2.patch sysctl-merge-equal-proc_sys_read-and-proc_sys_write.patch sysctl-clean-from-unneeded-extern-and-forward-declarations.patch sysctl-add-the-permissions-callback-on-the-ctl_table_root.patch proc-use-non-racy-method-for-proc-page_owner-creation-page_owner.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html