On Tue, Feb 12 2008 at 19:40 +0200, Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > gdth _exit would first remove all cards then stop the timer > and would not sync with the timer function. This caused a crash > in gdth_timer() when module was unloaded. > > del_timer_sync the timer before we delete the cards. > > NOT YET TESTED > > Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Stefan Priebe <s.priebe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/scsi/gdth.c | 15 ++++++++------- > 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/gdth.c b/drivers/scsi/gdth.c > index 8eb78be..103280e 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/gdth.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/gdth.c > @@ -3793,6 +3793,8 @@ static void gdth_timeout(ulong data) > gdth_ha_str *ha; > ulong flags; > > + BUG_ON(list_empty(&gdth_instances)); > + > ha = list_first_entry(&gdth_instances, gdth_ha_str, list); > spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->smp_lock, flags); > > @@ -5146,8 +5148,6 @@ static void gdth_remove_one(gdth_ha_str *ha) > ha->sdev = NULL; > } > > - gdth_flush(ha); > - > if (shp->irq) > free_irq(shp->irq,ha); > > @@ -5245,14 +5245,15 @@ static void __exit gdth_exit(void) > { > gdth_ha_str *ha; > > - list_for_each_entry(ha, &gdth_instances, list) > - gdth_remove_one(ha); > + unregister_chrdev(major,"gdth"); > + unregister_reboot_notifier(&gdth_notifier); > > #ifdef GDTH_STATISTICS > - del_timer(&gdth_timer); > + del_timer_sync(&gdth_timer); > #endif > - unregister_chrdev(major,"gdth"); > - unregister_reboot_notifier(&gdth_notifier); > + > + list_for_each_entry(ha, &gdth_instances, list) > + gdth_remove_one(ha); > } > > module_init(gdth_init); James please put this patch in rc-fixes also. It has now been tested by few people, and it solves a reproducible problem in the unloading of the driver. It was not yet confirmed by Andrew's reporter with the: + if (list_empty(&gdth_instances)) + return; at gdth_timer() In -mm tree. In my patch I have converted the if() to a BUG_ON because now it should not happen. But I figure it is not worse then what there is now, which is nothing. With your recommendation I will push both patches to the stable branches People have emailed me requesting it. Thanks Boaz - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html