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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm/backing-dev.c: fix crash when USB/SCSI device is detached
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 08:58:53PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 03:58:43PM +0530, Rabin Vincent wrote:
> > diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
> > index 71034f4..a39ad70 100644
> > --- a/mm/backing-dev.c
> > +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
> > @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static void wakeup_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
> > if (bdi->wb.task) {
> > trace_writeback_wake_thread(bdi);
> > wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
> > - } else {
> > + } else if (bdi->dev) {
> > /*
> > * When bdi tasks are inactive for long time, they are killed.
> > * In this case we have to wake-up the forker thread which
> > @@ -584,6 +584,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_register_dev);
> > */
> > static void bdi_wb_shutdown(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
> > {
> > + struct task_struct *task = NULL;
>
> NULL not necessary?

Will fix.

Also, I notice another problem here. bdi->dev should be made NULL before the
device is unregistered, not after:

if (!bdi_cap_flush_forker(bdi))
bdi_wb_shutdown(bdi);
bdi_debug_unregister(bdi);
device_unregister(bdi->dev);
bdi->dev = NULL;



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