[PATCH v3 20/32] cxlflash: Fix to prevent workq from accessing freed memory
Matthew R. Ochs
mrochs at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Sep 25 05:41:15 AEST 2015
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 <mrochs at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Manoj N. Kumar <manoj at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
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 0bb6629..fada355 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;
--
2.1.0
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