[PATCH] IEEE1284: Use del_timer_sync in parport_wait_event

[Michael Buesch]

Use del_timer_sync() instead of del_timer() to make sure
the timer won't be running when we return from parport_wait_event(),
because this would crash due to destruction of timer_list.

Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx>

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This is completely untested and just based on a code review.
Just think about the following sequence of events:
add_timer.
down_interruptible is interrupted by a signal.
We enter the timer callback handler on another CPU.
del_timer, but the timer callback is still running.
Return from parport_wait_even, which destroys the automatic variable "timer"
while the callback is running on another CPU.

Index: linux-2.6/drivers/parport/ieee1284.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/parport/ieee1284.c	2008-10-24 21:08:12.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/parport/ieee1284.c	2008-11-30 21:09:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int parport_wait_event (struct parport *
 
 	add_timer (&timer);
 	ret = down_interruptible (&port->physport->ieee1284.irq);
-	if (!del_timer (&timer) && !ret)
+	if (!del_timer_sync (&timer) && !ret)
 		/* Timed out. */
 		ret = 1;
 

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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