hp_accel: fix race in device removal
authorOliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>
Tue, 11 May 2010 21:07:03 +0000 (14:07 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 12 May 2010 00:33:42 +0000 (17:33 -0700)
commit06efbeb4a47b6f865e1c9d175ab9d6e90b69ae9e
tree6c25f5ff4a50ad3d42c93a17a13a278076d2b52a
parenta3ed2a15719219769bb095b28009c1d654a419e8
hp_accel: fix race in device removal

The work queue has to be flushed after the device has been made
inaccessible.  The patch closes a window during which a work queue might
remain active after the device is removed and would then lead to ACPI
calls with undefined behavior.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>
Acked-by: Eric Piel <eric.piel@tremplin-utc.net>
Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Pavel Herrmann <morpheus.ibis@gmail.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/hwmon/hp_accel.c