Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Apr 2003 02:55:33 -0500 (EST) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: aic7(censored) use after free in 2.5.66 |
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Andrew Morton wrote:
> OK, so that's a spin_unlock(&timer->lock) in the timer code itself. Your > patch will fix that up. > > We just need to be sure that the del_timer_sync() is not called while holding > any locks which would prevent the timer handler from completing.
Quick audit says we should be ok. I can do a few simple tests on this.
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