Alexander Viro writes:
> devfs_rmdir() checks that directory is empty. Then it calls
> devfsd_notify_one(), which can block. Then it marks the entry
> unregistered and reports success.
>
> Guess what will happen if devfs_register() will happen at that
> moment...
Yeah, I fixed that one a couple of months ago in the new tree. I now
unhook from the directory structure before sending the notification.
Regards,
Richard....
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