linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] lightnvm: pblk: delete writer kick timer before stopping thread

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Message-Id: <1519200181-10886-2-git-send-email-hans.ml.holmberg@owltronix.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Feb 2018 09:02:59 +0100
From:   hans.ml.holmberg@...tronix.com
To:     Matias Bjørling <mb@...htnvm.io>
Cc:     Javier González <jg@...htnvm.io>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@...xlabs.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] lightnvm: pblk: delete writer kick timer before stopping thread

From: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@...xlabs.com>

Unless we delete the timer that wakes up the write thread
before we stop the thread we risk re-starting the thread, so
delete the timer first.

Signed-off-by: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@...xlabs.com>
---
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
index a2b54a8..862ac4e 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
@@ -923,9 +923,9 @@ static void pblk_writer_stop(struct pblk *pblk)
 	WARN(pblk_rb_sync_count(&pblk->rwb),
 			"Stopping not fully synced write buffer\n");
 
+	del_timer_sync(&pblk->wtimer);
 	if (pblk->writer_ts)
 		kthread_stop(pblk->writer_ts);
-	del_timer(&pblk->wtimer);
 }
 
 static void pblk_free(struct pblk *pblk)
-- 
2.7.4