[Linux-kernel-mentees] [SYZBOT REPORT] - WARNING: refcount bug in kobject_get
Jiunn Chang
c0d1n61at3 at gmail.com
Tue Jun 25 17:48:02 UTC 2019
On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 04:44:21PM +0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 03:15:33AM -0500, Jiunn Chang wrote:
> > At this point, I need more help to attempt a fix. If you have any suggestions please
> > let me know.
>
> Sorry, I'm traveling all this week and have not had the chance to look
> at this yet.
>
> The driver core is "tricky" as you have found out. I'll dig into this
> when I get the chance, but it might be a few days.
>
> Note, this call should not be the one that creates the "virtual" kobject
> parent, as that is almost always created before this (I would think.)
>
> Are you testing this on a laptop or in a virtual machine? Before you
> run the test script, is /sys/devices/virtual/ present on your system or
> not?
Hello Greg,
Happy travels! Thanks for all the help. I am testing on a laptop and not a vm.
I do have /sys/devices/virtual--I thought about that too.
I will take a closer look at where virtual device is/should being created.
THX,
Jiunn
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
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