Re: [PATCH] Use device_for_each_child() to unregister devices in scsi_remove_target().

On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 05:38:50PM -0700, Patrick Mansfield wrote:
> Hi Greg / Patrick -
> 
> I'm getting an oops with current (pulled today) 2.6 git, the
> device_for_each_child() does not seem to be deletion safe.
> 
> We hold the klist in place via the n_ref, but the kobj (in the struct
> device for the struct scsi_target) containing it is freed when the
> kref->refcount goes to zero.

But we grab a reference to that object right before we call
device_for_each_child(), right?  Or am I missing something here?

thanks,

greg k-h
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