Re: [PATCH 1/2] [net/wireless/iwlwifi] : iwlwifi 3945 Fix raceconditional panic.

From: Zhu Yi
Date: Wed Nov 28 2007 - 20:13:03 EST



On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 19:41 +0900, Joonwoo Park wrote:
> [net/wireless/iwlwifi] : iwlwifi 3945 Fix race conditional panic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joonwoo Park <joonwpark81@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> index 465da4f..ac6c4a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> @@ -8570,6 +8570,7 @@ static void iwl_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> IWL_DEBUG_INFO("*** UNLOAD DRIVER ***\n");
>
> mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
> + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->init_alive_start);
> set_bit(STATUS_EXIT_PENDING, &priv->status);
> __iwl_down(priv);
> mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex);

Good catch. But it will be better if you add it into
iwl_cancel_deferred_work().

Thanks,
-yi
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