From: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Unless we delete the timer that wakes up the write thread before we stop the thread we risk re-starting the thread, so delete the timer first. Signed-off-by: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c index a2b54a8..862ac4e 100644 --- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c @@ -923,9 +923,9 @@ static void pblk_writer_stop(struct pblk *pblk) WARN(pblk_rb_sync_count(&pblk->rwb), "Stopping not fully synced write buffer\n"); + del_timer_sync(&pblk->wtimer); if (pblk->writer_ts) kthread_stop(pblk->writer_ts); - del_timer(&pblk->wtimer); } static void pblk_free(struct pblk *pblk) -- 2.7.4