linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 005/159] Input: ff-memless

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Message-Id: <20191122100709.380164428@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:26:36 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        syzbot+b6c55daa701fc389e286@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 005/159] Input: ff-memless - kill timer in destroy()

From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>

commit fa3a5a1880c91bb92594ad42dfe9eedad7996b86 upstream.

No timer must be left running when the device goes away.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+b6c55daa701fc389e286@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1573726121.17351.3.camel@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/input/ff-memless.c |    9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/input/ff-memless.c
+++ b/drivers/input/ff-memless.c
@@ -501,6 +501,15 @@ static void ml_ff_destroy(struct ff_devi
 {
 	struct ml_device *ml = ff->private;
 
+	/*
+	 * Even though we stop all playing effects when tearing down
+	 * an input device (via input_device_flush() that calls into
+	 * input_ff_flush() that stops and erases all effects), we
+	 * do not actually stop the timer, and therefore we should
+	 * do it here.
+	 */
+	del_timer_sync(&ml->timer);
+
 	kfree(ml->private);
 }