The removal of the timer which polls the infrared input is racy. Replacing the timer with a delayed work solves the problem. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Devin Heitmueller <devin.heitmueller@xxxxxxxxx> --- linux/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-input.c | 24 ++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) --- v4l-dvb.orig/linux/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-input.c 2009-03-06 13:59:37.000000000 +0100 +++ v4l-dvb/linux/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-input.c 2009-03-06 14:02:35.000000000 +0100 @@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ struct em28xx_IR { /* poll external decoder */ int polling; - struct work_struct work; - struct timer_list timer; + struct delayed_work work; unsigned int last_toggle:1; unsigned int last_readcount; unsigned int repeat_interval; @@ -298,13 +297,6 @@ static void em28xx_ir_handle_key(struct return; } -static void ir_timer(unsigned long data) -{ - struct em28xx_IR *ir = (struct em28xx_IR *)data; - - schedule_work(&ir->work); -} - #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 20) static void em28xx_ir_work(void *data) #else @@ -314,28 +306,26 @@ static void em28xx_ir_work(struct work_s #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 20) struct em28xx_IR *ir = data; #else - struct em28xx_IR *ir = container_of(work, struct em28xx_IR, work); + struct em28xx_IR *ir = container_of(work, struct em28xx_IR, work.work); #endif em28xx_ir_handle_key(ir); - mod_timer(&ir->timer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(ir->polling)); + schedule_delayed_work(&ir->work, msecs_to_jiffies(ir->polling)); } static void em28xx_ir_start(struct em28xx_IR *ir) { - setup_timer(&ir->timer, ir_timer, (unsigned long)ir); #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 20) - INIT_WORK(&ir->work, em28xx_ir_work, ir); + INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ir->work, em28xx_ir_work, ir); #else - INIT_WORK(&ir->work, em28xx_ir_work); + INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ir->work, em28xx_ir_work); #endif - schedule_work(&ir->work); + schedule_delayed_work(&ir->work, 0); } static void em28xx_ir_stop(struct em28xx_IR *ir) { - del_timer_sync(&ir->timer); - flush_scheduled_work(); + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ir->work); } int em28xx_ir_init(struct em28xx *dev) -- Jean Delvare -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html