netdev - Re: [PATCH] mISDN: Fix wrong usage of flush_work

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Date:	Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:06:59 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	keil@...systems.de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mISDN: Fix wrong usage of flush_work_sync while
 holding locks

From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:59:37 -0400 (EDT)

> From: Karsten Keil <keil@...systems.de>
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:36:20 +0200
> 
>> It is a bad idea to hold a spinlock and call flush_work_sync.
>> Move the workqueue cleanup outside the spinlock and use cancel_work_sync,
>> on closing the channel this seems to be the more correct function.
>> Remove the never used and constant return value of mISDN_freebchannel.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Karsten Keil <keil@...systems.de>
>> Cc: <stable@...nel.org>
> 
> Applied, thanks.

BTW, about -stable:

1) Even if it were appropriate to submit this directly to -stable,
   stable@...nel.org is not the correct email address and you must
   have seen the bounce produced by trying to send email there.

   Rather, stable@...r.kernel.org is the correct address.

2) I queue up and submit networking bug fixes for -stable myself so
   you should not submit them directly but rather make a request that
   I add your patch to my networking -stable queue.

Thanks.
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