On Mon, 27 Apr 2015, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 07:19:58PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > > The function kvm_ioapic_destroy is defined as follows: > > > > void kvm_ioapic_destroy(struct kvm *kvm) > > { > > struct kvm_ioapic *ioapic = kvm->arch.vioapic; > > > > cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ioapic->eoi_inject); > > if (ioapic) { > > kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev(kvm, KVM_MMIO_BUS, &ioapic->dev); > > kvm->arch.vioapic = NULL; > > kfree(ioapic); > > } > > } > > > > Is there any way that cancel_delayed_work_sync can work if ioapic is NULL? > > Should the call be moved down under the NULL test? Or is the NULL test > > not needed? The NULL test has been there longer than the call to > > cancel_delayed_work_sync, which was introduced in 184564ef. > > > > thanks, > > julia > > I think the NULL test is not needed. > kvm_ioapic_destroy is only called if kvm_ioapic_init > completed successfully, and that sets kvm->arch.vioapic. Thanks. I will send a patch. julia -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html