linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] ipmi_si_intf: Fix race in timer shutdown handling

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Date:   Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:36:25 -0400
From:   Jes Sorensen <jes.sorensen@...il.com>
To:     minyard@....org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net, kernel-team@...com
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] ipmi_si_intf: Fix race in timer shutdown handling

From: Jes Sorensen <jsorensen@...com>

smi_mod_timer() enables the timer before setting timer_running. This
means the timer can be running when we get to stop_timer_and_thread()
without timer_running having been set, resulting in del_timer_sync()
not being called and the timer being left to cause havoc during
shutdown.

Instead just call del_timer_sync() unconditionally

Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jsorensen@...com>
---
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index da5b6723329a..53425e25ecf4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -1828,8 +1828,7 @@ static inline void stop_timer_and_thread(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 	}
 
 	smi_info->timer_can_start = false;
-	if (smi_info->timer_running)
-		del_timer_sync(&smi_info->si_timer);
+	del_timer_sync(&smi_info->si_timer);
 }
 
 static struct smi_info *find_dup_si(struct smi_info *info)
-- 
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