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USB: fix locking loop by avoiding flush_scheduled_work

This patch (as1027) replaces a call to flush_scheduled_work() -- a
dangerous routine to invoke, especially while holding any sort of lock
-- with calls to cancel_work_sync() and cancel_delayed_work_sync().

This fixes Bugzilla #9532.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
CC: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Alan Stern 17 years ago
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1 changed files with 3 additions and 3 deletions
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      drivers/usb/core/hub.c

+ 3 - 3
drivers/usb/core/hub.c

@@ -522,9 +522,9 @@ static void hub_quiesce(struct usb_hub *hub)
 	/* (blocking) stop khubd and related activity */
 	usb_kill_urb(hub->urb);
 	if (hub->has_indicators)
-		cancel_delayed_work(&hub->leds);
-	if (hub->has_indicators || hub->tt.hub)
-		flush_scheduled_work();
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hub->leds);
+	if (hub->tt.hub)
+		cancel_work_sync(&hub->tt.kevent);
 }
 
 static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub *hub)