Re: [PATCH] hid-elo: kill not flush the work

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On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Flushing a work that reschedules itself is not a sensible
> operation. It needs to be killed. Failure to do so leads
> to a kernel panic in the timer code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <ONeukum@xxxxxxxx>
> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Good catch.
Reviewed-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
Benjamin

> ---
>  drivers/hid/hid-elo.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-elo.c b/drivers/hid/hid-elo.c
> index aad8c16..0cd4f72 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-elo.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-elo.c
> @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static void elo_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
>         struct elo_priv *priv = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
>
>         hid_hw_stop(hdev);
> -       flush_workqueue(wq);
> +       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->work);
>         kfree(priv);
>  }
>
> --
> 2.1.4
>
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