linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 65/72] Input: ff-memless

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Message-ID: <lsq.1575813165.759121037@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Sun, 08 Dec 2019 13:53:49 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>,
        "Oliver Neukum" <oneukum@...e.com>,
        "Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 65/72] Input: ff-memless - kill timer in destroy()

3.16.79-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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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
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1573726121.17351.3.camel@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/input/ff-memless.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/input/ff-memless.c
+++ b/drivers/input/ff-memless.c
@@ -489,6 +489,15 @@ 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);
 }