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authorOliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>2010-05-11 14:07:03 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-05-11 17:33:42 -0700
commit06efbeb4a47b6f865e1c9d175ab9d6e90b69ae9e (patch)
tree6c25f5ff4a50ad3d42c93a17a13a278076d2b52a /drivers
parenta3ed2a15719219769bb095b28009c1d654a419e8 (diff)
downloadlinux-06efbeb4a47b6f865e1c9d175ab9d6e90b69ae9e.tar.gz
hp_accel: fix race in device removal
The work queue has to be flushed after the device has been made
inaccessible.  The patch closes a window during which a work queue might
remain active after the device is removed and would then lead to ACPI
calls with undefined behavior.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>
Acked-by: Eric Piel <eric.piel@tremplin-utc.net>
Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Pavel Herrmann <morpheus.ibis@gmail.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/hwmon/hp_accel.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hp_accel.c b/drivers/hwmon/hp_accel.c
index c8ab50516672..7580f55e67e3 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/hp_accel.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/hp_accel.c
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ static int lis3lv02d_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type)
 	lis3lv02d_joystick_disable();
 	lis3lv02d_poweroff(&lis3_dev);
 
-	flush_work(&hpled_led.work);
 	led_classdev_unregister(&hpled_led.led_classdev);
+	flush_work(&hpled_led.work);
 
 	return lis3lv02d_remove_fs(&lis3_dev);
 }