Re: [PATCH 2.6] 2/3 Serio: possible race in handle_events

[Andrew Morton]

Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Do you think we should introduce allocate_serio/free_serio pair for dynamically 
>  allocated serios; free_serio would scan event_list and invalidate events that 
>  refer to freed serio?

I don't understand the subsystem well enough to say.  But if we are
receiving events which refer to an already-freed serio then something is
very broken.  We should be draining all those events before allowing the
original object to be freed up.

Let's wait for Vojtech's comments.


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