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[PATCH v6 20/37] cxlflash: Fix to prevent workq from accessing freed memory

From: Matthew R. Ochs <hidden>
Date: 2015-10-21 20:15:40
Also in: linux-scsi
Subsystem: scsi subsystem, the rest · Maintainers: "James E.J. Bottomley", "Martin K. Petersen", Linus Torvalds

The workq can process work in parallel with a remove event, leading
to a condition where the workq handler can access freed memory.

To remedy, the workq should be terminated prior to freeing memory. Move
the termination call earlier in remove and use cancel_work_sync() instead
of flush_work() as there is not a need to process any scheduled work when
shutting down.

Signed-off-by: Matthew R. Ochs <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Manoj N. Kumar <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Brian King <redacted>
---
 drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c
index 6b8b159..d0b9972 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c
@@ -736,11 +736,11 @@ static void cxlflash_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		/* Fall through */
 	case INIT_STATE_AFU:
 		term_afu(cfg);
+		cancel_work_sync(&cfg->work_q);
 	case INIT_STATE_PCI:
 		pci_release_regions(cfg->dev);
 		pci_disable_device(pdev);
 	case INIT_STATE_NONE:
-		flush_work(&cfg->work_q);
 		free_mem(cfg);
 		scsi_host_put(cfg->host);
 		break;
-- 
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