[PATCH] Fix timer race
When closing the driver or reinitializing the hardware there is the
usual del_timer() race condition that exists when timers re-add
themselves. Fix by conversion to del_timer_sync().
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ioc3-eth.c b/drivers/net/ioc3-eth.c
index e963dbf..f56b00e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ioc3-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ioc3-eth.c
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@
struct ioc3_private *ip = netdev_priv(dev);
struct ioc3 *ioc3 = ip->regs;
- del_timer(&ip->ioc3_timer); /* Kill if running */
+ del_timer_sync(&ip->ioc3_timer); /* Kill if running */
ioc3_w_emcr(EMCR_RST); /* Reset */
(void) ioc3_r_emcr(); /* Flush WB */
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@
{
struct ioc3_private *ip = netdev_priv(dev);
- del_timer(&ip->ioc3_timer);
+ del_timer_sync(&ip->ioc3_timer);
netif_stop_queue(dev);