pstore: Shut down worker when unregistering
authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Mon, 6 Mar 2017 20:42:12 +0000 (12:42 -0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 20 May 2017 12:28:42 +0000 (14:28 +0200)
commit 6330d5534786d5315d56d558aa6d20740f97d80a upstream.

When built as a module and running with update_ms >= 0, pstore will Oops
during module unload since the work timer is still running. This makes sure
the worker is stopped before unloading.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
fs/pstore/platform.c

index 14984d9..43033a3 100644 (file)
@@ -704,6 +704,7 @@ int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
        if (psi->flags & PSTORE_FLAGS_PMSG)
                pstore_register_pmsg();
 
+       /* Start watching for new records, if desired. */
        if (pstore_update_ms >= 0) {
                pstore_timer.expires = jiffies +
                        msecs_to_jiffies(pstore_update_ms);
@@ -726,6 +727,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pstore_register);
 
 void pstore_unregister(struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
+       /* Stop timer and make sure all work has finished. */
+       pstore_update_ms = -1;
+       del_timer_sync(&pstore_timer);
+       flush_work(&pstore_work);
+
        if (psi->flags & PSTORE_FLAGS_PMSG)
                pstore_unregister_pmsg();
        if (psi->flags & PSTORE_FLAGS_FTRACE)
@@ -825,7 +831,9 @@ static void pstore_timefunc(unsigned long dummy)
                schedule_work(&pstore_work);
        }
 
-       mod_timer(&pstore_timer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(pstore_update_ms));
+       if (pstore_update_ms >= 0)
+               mod_timer(&pstore_timer,
+                         jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(pstore_update_ms));
 }
 
 module_param(backend, charp, 0444);