Re: [PATCH 3/4] extcon: extcon-max77693.c: Fix potential work-queue cancellation race
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Mon May 10 2021 - 10:19:52 EST
On 10/05/2021 04:12, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> The extcon IRQ schedules a work item. IRQ is requested using devm while
> WQ is cancelld at remove(). This mixing of devm and manual unwinding has
> potential case where the WQ has been emptied (.remove() was ran) but
> devm unwinding of IRQ was not yet done. It may be possible the IRQ is
> triggered at this point scheduling new work item to the already flushed
> queue.
>
> According to the input documentation the input device allocated by
> devm_input_allocate_device() does not need to be explicitly unregistered.
> Use the new devm_work_autocancel() and remove the remove() to simplify the
> code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Please note that the change is compile-tested only. All proper testing is
> highly appreciated.
> ---
> drivers/extcon/extcon-max77693.c | 17 +++++------------
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
Seems correct:
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Best regards,
Krzysztof