On 08/28/2018 03:13 AM, Wolfram Sang wrote:
watchdog_stop() calls watchdog_update_worker() which needs a valid
wdd->wd_data pointer. So, when unregistering the cdev, clear the
pointers after we call watchdog_stop(), not before.
Fixes: bb292ac1c602 ("watchdog: Introduce watchdog_stop_on_unregister helper")
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index ffbdc4642ea5..f6c24b22b37c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -1019,16 +1019,16 @@ static void watchdog_cdev_unregister(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
old_wd_data = NULL;
}
- mutex_lock(&wd_data->lock);
- wd_data->wdd = NULL;
- wdd->wd_data = NULL;
- mutex_unlock(&wd_data->lock);
-
if (watchdog_active(wdd) &&
test_bit(WDOG_STOP_ON_UNREGISTER, &wdd->status)) {
watchdog_stop(wdd);
}
+ mutex_lock(&wd_data->lock);
+ wd_data->wdd = NULL;
+ wdd->wd_data = NULL;
+ mutex_unlock(&wd_data->lock);
+
hrtimer_cancel(&wd_data->timer);
kthread_cancel_work_sync(&wd_data->work);
