V4L/DVB (11277): tvaudio: always call init_timer to prevent rmmod crash.
authorHans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:53:32 +0000 (16:53 -0300)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:43:46 +0000 (12:43 -0300)
In the tvaudio_remove function del_timer_sync(&chip->wt) is called.
However, chip->wt isn't always initialized depending on the type of
audio chip. Since del_timer_sync hangs when given an uninitialized timer
we should always initialize it.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
drivers/media/video/tvaudio.c

index 8333efab8685a8f5ef0aada80b94f3d452c6a222..226bf3565ac96eddf81c33182d715e878ca1fe8d 100644 (file)
@@ -2050,6 +2050,7 @@ static int tvaudio_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *
        }
 
        chip->thread = NULL;
+       init_timer(&chip->wt);
        if (desc->flags & CHIP_NEED_CHECKMODE) {
                if (!desc->getmode || !desc->setmode) {
                        /* This shouldn't be happen. Warn user, but keep working
@@ -2059,7 +2060,6 @@ static int tvaudio_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *
                        return 0;
                }
                /* start async thread */
-               init_timer(&chip->wt);
                chip->wt.function = chip_thread_wake;
                chip->wt.data     = (unsigned long)chip;
                chip->thread = kthread_run(chip_thread, chip, client->name);