From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BE98C433F5 for ; Wed, 11 May 2022 10:09:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S240478AbiEKKJv (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2022 06:09:51 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:51258 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S240419AbiEKKJk (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2022 06:09:40 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8380983030; Wed, 11 May 2022 03:09:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1EC7E614FB; Wed, 11 May 2022 10:09:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DB001C340ED; Wed, 11 May 2022 10:09:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1652263776; bh=Az7KghA1K1FqtzlIeR2ZSVJbO3Qd9hiek6Rayqy2SXI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=KAfyyUFMRyTcwHJtjpKhA0wviVF4xIq7ed1TBkPpgwzEBowjZ8erykABk6KszpRpo meKTyOR/6C/fWl/uIJkFioOhTCDCBBIB97Fz4XXvZgiG6ZA7NY4e28ItHZx4mmSxLO PQQimceoELvHoRr92n6G6UsSYvyW8GRpT57fXtdQ= Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 12:09:33 +0200 From: Greg KH To: "zhanghongtao (A)" Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linfeilong@huawei.com, suweifeng1@huawei.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, io-uring@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers:uio: Fix system crashes during driver switchover Message-ID: References: <889918de-e0b8-1ee1-ab86-ca02c8aa35b9@huawei.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <889918de-e0b8-1ee1-ab86-ca02c8aa35b9@huawei.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: io-uring@vger.kernel.org A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 04:51:11PM +0800, zhanghongtao (A) wrote: > Thanks for your reply. > I looked through the historical emails and thought I was not the > same problem as his. > After the driver is switched, the application can still operate > on the mapped address, which causes the system to crash. > The application is not aware of the driver's switchover. > The solution I can think of is to block the switch and wait for > the application to release before switching, as shown in the patch. > So want to seek help from the community, how to solve it better? > Is there a better way? A better way to do what? I have no context here at all, sorry. What is "switching" the driver? If it is root by doing a bind/unbind, then you are on your own and have to do that very carefully, right? thanks, greg k-h