linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] net/bridge/br_if.c: don't use _WORK

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Date:	Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:43:59 +0300
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] net/bridge/br_if.c: don't use _WORK_NAR

Afaics, noautorel work_struct buys nothing for "struct net_bridge_port".

If del_nbp()->cancel_delayed_work(&p->carrier_check) fails, port_carrier_check
may be called later anyway. So the reading of *work in port_carrier_check() is
equally unsafe with or without this patch.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>

--- WQ/net/bridge/br_if.c~1_bridge	2007-02-18 22:56:49.000000000 +0300
+++ WQ/net/bridge/br_if.c	2007-02-18 23:06:15.000000000 +0300
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ static void port_carrier_check(struct wo
 
 	dev = container_of(work, struct net_bridge_port,
 			   carrier_check.work)->dev;
-	work_release(work);
 
 	rtnl_lock();
 	p = dev->br_port;
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@ static struct net_bridge_port *new_nbp(s
 	p->port_no = index;
 	br_init_port(p);
 	p->state = BR_STATE_DISABLED;
-	INIT_DELAYED_WORK_NAR(&p->carrier_check, port_carrier_check);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&p->carrier_check, port_carrier_check);
 	br_stp_port_timer_init(p);
 
 	kobject_init(&p->kobj);

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