Re: [PATCH] epoll: try to be a _bit_ better about file lifetimes
From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Fri May 03 2024 - 17:53:09 EST
On Fri, 3 May 2024 at 14:45, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> How do you get through eventpoll_release_file() while someone
> has entered ep_item_poll()?
Doesn't matter.
Look, it's enough that the file count has gone down to zero. You may
not even have gotten to eventpoll_release_file() yet - the important
part is that you're on your *way* to it.
That means that the file will be released - and it means that you have
violated all the refcounting rules for poll().
So I think you're barking up the wrong tree.
Linus