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authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>2006-12-13 00:33:50 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.osdl.org>2006-12-13 09:05:47 -0800
commiteff3b634d9a0cccb6ca8b431819fa415f10804dc (patch)
tree8bf2dac62ce9c4e4aa62ea5a66831ed65ef35137 /arch
parentffd22b8e08fb86692d316cdcc1a4da4d10a016c5 (diff)
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[PATCH] uml: fix net_kern workqueue abuse
Fix up the work on stack and exit scope trouble by placing the work_struct in the uml_net_private data. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c15
-rw-r--r--arch/um/include/net_kern.h2
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
index b2e9762e13c5..afe3d427ddfa 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ static int uml_net_rx(struct net_device *dev)
return pkt_len;
}
-static void uml_dev_close(void* dev)
+static void uml_dev_close(struct work_struct *work)
{
- dev_close( (struct net_device *) dev);
+ struct uml_net_private *lp =
+ container_of(work, struct uml_net_private, work);
+ dev_close(lp->dev);
}
irqreturn_t uml_net_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
@@ -89,7 +91,6 @@ irqreturn_t uml_net_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
spin_lock(&lp->lock);
while((err = uml_net_rx(dev)) > 0) ;
if(err < 0) {
- DECLARE_WORK(close_work, uml_dev_close, dev);
printk(KERN_ERR
"Device '%s' read returned %d, shutting it down\n",
dev->name, err);
@@ -97,9 +98,10 @@ irqreturn_t uml_net_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
* again lp->lock.
* And dev_close() can be safely called multiple times on the
* same device, since it tests for (dev->flags & IFF_UP). So
- * there's no harm in delaying the device shutdown. */
- schedule_work(&close_work);
-#error this is not permitted - close_work will go out of scope
+ * there's no harm in delaying the device shutdown.
+ * Furthermore, the workqueue will not re-enqueue an already
+ * enqueued work item. */
+ schedule_work(&lp->work);
goto out;
}
reactivate_fd(lp->fd, UM_ETH_IRQ);
@@ -365,6 +367,7 @@ static int eth_configure(int n, void *init, char *mac,
/* This points to the transport private data. It's still clear, but we
* must memset it to 0 *now*. Let's help the drivers. */
memset(lp, 0, size);
+ INIT_WORK(&lp->work, uml_dev_close);
/* sysfs register */
if (!driver_registered) {
diff --git a/arch/um/include/net_kern.h b/arch/um/include/net_kern.h
index 280459fb0b26..218f8b47fdcd 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/net_kern.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/net_kern.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/socket.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
struct uml_net {
struct list_head list;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ struct uml_net_private {
struct net_device *dev;
struct timer_list tl;
struct net_device_stats stats;
+ struct work_struct work;
int fd;
unsigned char mac[ETH_ALEN];
unsigned short (*protocol)(struct sk_buff *);