From e40ec6ff2f42b5516d77a5c34bfa6a9ce45834f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitry Torokhov Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:39:51 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Input: hil-mlc - use del_timer_sync() when unloading the driver del_timer() does not wait for the timer to finish running before returning and therefore is technically not safe. Also make sure to enable tasklet before kicking timer that will schedule it. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov --- drivers/input/serio/hil_mlc.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/hil_mlc.c b/drivers/input/serio/hil_mlc.c index 7ba9f2b2c04..6cd03ebaf5f 100644 --- a/drivers/input/serio/hil_mlc.c +++ b/drivers/input/serio/hil_mlc.c @@ -993,10 +993,8 @@ int hil_mlc_unregister(hil_mlc *mlc) static int __init hil_mlc_init(void) { - init_timer(&hil_mlcs_kicker); - hil_mlcs_kicker.expires = jiffies + HZ; - hil_mlcs_kicker.function = &hil_mlcs_timer; - add_timer(&hil_mlcs_kicker); + setup_timer(&hil_mlcs_kicker, &hil_mlcs_timer, 0); + mod_timer(&hil_mlcs_kicker, jiffies + HZ); tasklet_enable(&hil_mlcs_tasklet); @@ -1005,7 +1003,7 @@ static int __init hil_mlc_init(void) static void __exit hil_mlc_exit(void) { - del_timer(&hil_mlcs_kicker); + del_timer_sync(&hil_mlcs_kicker); tasklet_disable(&hil_mlcs_tasklet); tasklet_kill(&hil_mlcs_tasklet);