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Message-ID: <4637CEAA.7070102@garzik.org>
Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 19:35:06 -0400
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: libata-core.c: unsafe cancel_delayed_work() usage?
Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 04/27, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> It'd be good if people could take some time to sit down and re-review the
>> code which we presently have. I plan on sending it all off for 2.6.22 and
>> there might be some glitches but it seems to have a good track record so
>> far.
>
> Alan, the usage of cancel_delayed_work() in drivers/ata/libata-core.c looks
> suspicious to me, both ->hotplug_task and ->port_task can re-arm themselves,
> so cancel_delayed_work + flush_workqueue (or cancel_work_sync) is not enough.
>
> Could you confirm/nack my understanding?
For all rearming workqueues, one must use cancel-rearming-blahblah.
Jeff
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