"das16" uses a kernel timer but never removes it from the queue synchronously at the moment. Patch 1 makes sure this is done before it is destroyed. Patch 2 uses the comedi device's main spin-lock to ensure some state shared with the timer routine is updated in an SMP-safe manner. 1) staging: comedi: das16: deschedule timer routine on detach 2) staging: comedi: das16: use spin-lock when setting timer drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das16.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel