I think you're rignt. Reviewed-by: Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (2012/04/08 3:18), Jiang Liu wrote: > When destroying a PCIe hotplug controller, all work items associated with > that controller should be flushed. Function pcie_cleanup_slot() calls > cancel_delayed_work() and flush_workqueue() to achieve that. > Function flush_workqueue() will flush all work items already submitted, > but new work items submitted by those already submitted work items may > still be in live state when returning from flush_workqueue(). > > For the extreme case, pciehp driver may expierence following calling path: > 1) pcie_isr() -> pciehp_handle_xxx() -> queue_interrupt_event()->queue_work() > 2) interrupt_event_handler() -> handle_button_press_event() -> > queue_delayed_work() > 3) pciehp_queue_pushbutton_work() -> queue_work() > > So enhance pcie_cleanup_slot() to correctly flush workqueue when destroying > PCIe hotplug controller. > > Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu<jiang.liu@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c | 13 ++++++++++++- > 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c > index d4fa705..9a48a51 100644 > --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c > +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c > @@ -890,8 +890,19 @@ static int pcie_init_slot(struct controller *ctrl) > static void pcie_cleanup_slot(struct controller *ctrl) > { > struct slot *slot = ctrl->slot; > - cancel_delayed_work(&slot->work); > + > + /* > + * Following workqueue flushing logic is to deal with the special call path: > + * 1) pcie_isr() -> pciehp_handle_xxx() -> > + * queue_interrupt_event(pciehp_wq_event)->queue_work(pciehp_wq) > + * 2) interrupt_event_handler() -> handle_button_press_event() -> > + * queue_delayed_work(pciehp_wq) > + * 3) pciehp_queue_pushbutton_work() -> queue_work(pciehp_wq) > + */ > flush_workqueue(pciehp_wq); > + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&slot->work); > + flush_workqueue(pciehp_wq); > + > kfree(slot); > } > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html