linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/12] mISDN: fix race in timer canceling on module unloading

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Message-Id: <20121214.131609.2271247275899669616.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:16:09 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	khlebnikov@...nvz.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	isdn@...ux-pingi.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] mISDN: fix race in timer canceling on module
 unloading

From: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:02:36 +0400

> Using timer_pending() without additional syncronization is racy,
> del_timer_sync() must be used here for waiting in-flight handler.
> Bug caught with help from "debug-objects" during random insmod/rmmod.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>

Applied.
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