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[PATCH] (6/13) aarp - del_timer_sync: msg#00947

Subject: [PATCH] (6/13) aarp - del_timer_sync
Aarp module unload needs to use del_timer_sync to handle the
race condition where timer starts or is running during module
unload.

diff -Nru a/net/appletalk/aarp.c b/net/appletalk/aarp.c
--- a/net/appletalk/aarp.c      Fri Aug 29 13:31:18 2003
+++ b/net/appletalk/aarp.c      Fri Aug 29 13:31:18 2003
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@
 /* General module cleanup. Called from cleanup_module() in ddp.c. */
 void aarp_cleanup_module(void)
 {
-       del_timer(&aarp_timer);
+       del_timer_sync(&aarp_timer);
        unregister_netdevice_notifier(&aarp_notifier);
        unregister_snap_client(aarp_dl);
        aarp_purge();




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