[PATCH 3/5] [media] af9013: cancel_delayed_work_sync before device removal / kfree

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af9013_remove  was calling  kfree(state)  with  possibly still  active
schedule_delayed_work(&state->statistics_work).   A   similar  bug  in
si2157 caused kernel panics in call_timer_fn e.g. after rmmod cx23885.

Signed-off-by: Ernst Martin Witte <emw-linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/media/dvb-frontends/af9013.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/af9013.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/af9013.c
index e23197d..41ab5de 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/af9013.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/af9013.c
@@ -1344,6 +1344,10 @@ err:
 static void af9013_release(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 {
 	struct af9013_state *state = fe->demodulator_priv;
+
+	/* stop statistics polling */
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&state->statistics_work);
+
 	kfree(state);
 }
 
-- 
2.5.0

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