[PATCH 02/18] pstore: Shut down worker when unregistering
From: Kees Cook <hidden>
Date: 2017-03-06 22:19:27
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linux-acpi, linux-efi, linuxppc-dev, lkml
Subsystem:
filesystems (vfs and infrastructure), pstore filesystem, the rest · Maintainers:
Alexander Viro, Christian Brauner, Kees Cook, Linus Torvalds
When built as a module and running with update_ms >= 0, pstore will Oops during module unload since the work timer is still running. This makes sure the worker is stopped before unloading. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <redacted> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org --- fs/pstore/platform.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index cfc1abd264d9..074fe85a2078 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi) if (psi->flags & PSTORE_FLAGS_PMSG) pstore_register_pmsg(); + /* Start watching for new records, if desired. */ if (pstore_update_ms >= 0) { pstore_timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(pstore_update_ms);
@@ -731,6 +732,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pstore_register); void pstore_unregister(struct pstore_info *psi) { + /* Stop timer and make sure all work has finished. */ + pstore_update_ms = -1; + del_timer_sync(&pstore_timer); + flush_work(&pstore_work); + if (psi->flags & PSTORE_FLAGS_PMSG) pstore_unregister_pmsg(); if (psi->flags & PSTORE_FLAGS_FTRACE)
@@ -830,7 +836,9 @@ static void pstore_timefunc(unsigned long dummy) schedule_work(&pstore_work); } - mod_timer(&pstore_timer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(pstore_update_ms)); + if (pstore_update_ms >= 0) + mod_timer(&pstore_timer, + jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(pstore_update_ms)); } module_param(backend, charp, 0444);
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