HID: fix possible deadlock in usbhid_close()
This patch switches usbhid_close() from flush_scheduled_work() to canceling
the outstanding work. This fixes a possible deadlock due to work taking
the mutex usbhid_close() holds. Lockdep reported the problem.
Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
--
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
index 4306cb1..900ce18 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
@@ -662,8 +662,8 @@
spin_lock_irq(&usbhid->lock);
if (!--hid->open) {
spin_unlock_irq(&usbhid->lock);
+ hid_cancel_delayed_stuff(usbhid);
usb_kill_urb(usbhid->urbin);
- flush_scheduled_work();
usbhid->intf->needs_remote_wakeup = 0;
} else {
spin_unlock_irq(&usbhid->lock);