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Find user_events always while under the event_mutex and before leaving the lock, add a ref count to the user_event. This ensures that all paths under the event_mutex that check the ref counts will be synchronized. The ioctl add/delete paths are protected by the reg_mutex. However, dyn_event is only protected by the event_mutex. The dyn_event delete path cannot acquire reg_mutex, since that could cause a deadlock between the ioctl delete case acquiring event_mutex after acquiring the reg_mutex. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220310001141.1660-1-beaub@linux.microsoft.com Signed-off-by: Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.