netdev - Re: [PATCH V3] mISDN: fix use-after-free bugs in l1oip timer handlers

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Date:   Wed, 28 Sep 2022 21:27:40 +0800 (GMT+08:00)
From:   duoming@....edu.cn
To:     "Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        isdn@...ux-pingi.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] mISDN: fix use-after-free bugs in l1oip timer
 handlers

Hello,

On Tue, 27 Sep 2022 17:26:18 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Sep 2022 10:18:42 +0800 Duoming Zhou wrote:
> > +	del_timer_sync(&hc->keep_tl);
> > +	del_timer_sync(&hc->timeout_tl);
> > +	cancel_work_sync(&hc->workq);
> > +	del_timer_sync(&hc->keep_tl);
> >  	cancel_work_sync(&hc->workq);
> 
> Why not add a bit which will indicate that the device is shutting 
> down and check it in places which schedule the timer?
> I think that's much easier to reason about and we won't need to do 
> this rep cancel procedure.

Thank you for your time and suggestions!

Best regards,
Duoming Zhou