Re: [PATCH nf 1/1] netfilter: helper: Fix possible panic caused by invoking expectfn unloaded

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On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 02:26:06PM +0800, fgao@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Gao Feng <fgao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The helper module permits the helper modules register expectfn, and
> it could be hold by external caller. But when the module is unloaded,
> there may be some pending expect nodes which still hold the function
> reference. It may cause unexpected behavior, even panic.
> 
> Now it would delete the expect nodes which uses the expectfn when
> unregister expectfn. And it must use the rcu_read_lock to protect
> the expectfn until insert it or doesn't access it ever.

Expectations should be removed by when the helper module is gone, so
what is the problem here?
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