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author | Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@o2.pl> | 2007-07-05 17:42:44 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2007-07-05 17:42:44 -0700 |
commit | 25442cafb8cc3d979418caccabc91260707a0947 (patch) | |
tree | 3f934e686d37619a211946f5d78dd28fad82e61b /drivers/pcmcia/tcic.c | |
parent | 94b83419e5b56a87410fd9c9939f0081fc155d65 (diff) |
[NETPOLL]: Fixups for 'fix soft lockup when removing module'
>From my recent patch:
> > #1
> > Until kernel ver. 2.6.21 (including) cancel_rearming_delayed_work()
> > required a work function should always (unconditionally) rearm with
> > delay > 0 - otherwise it would endlessly loop. This patch replaces
> > this function with cancel_delayed_work(). Later kernel versions don't
> > require this, so here it's only for uniformity.
But Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> found:
> But 2.6.22 doesn't need this change, why it was merged?
>
> In fact, I suspect this change adds a race,
...
His description was right (thanks), so this patch reverts #1.
Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@o2.pl>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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