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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c19
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index e8ba67834746..00bf4b17edbf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ struct ipmi_user {
/* Does this interface receive IPMI events? */
bool gets_events;
+
+ /* Free must run in process context for RCU cleanup. */
+ struct work_struct remove_work;
};
static struct ipmi_user *acquire_ipmi_user(struct ipmi_user *user, int *index)
@@ -1157,6 +1160,15 @@ static int intf_err_seq(struct ipmi_smi *intf,
return rv;
}
+static void free_user_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ struct ipmi_user *user = container_of(work, struct ipmi_user,
+ remove_work);
+
+ cleanup_srcu_struct(&user->release_barrier);
+ kfree(user);
+}
+
int ipmi_create_user(unsigned int if_num,
const struct ipmi_user_hndl *handler,
void *handler_data,
@@ -1200,6 +1212,8 @@ int ipmi_create_user(unsigned int if_num,
goto out_kfree;
found:
+ INIT_WORK(&new_user->remove_work, free_user_work);
+
rv = init_srcu_struct(&new_user->release_barrier);
if (rv)
goto out_kfree;
@@ -1260,8 +1274,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipmi_get_smi_info);
static void free_user(struct kref *ref)
{
struct ipmi_user *user = container_of(ref, struct ipmi_user, refcount);
- cleanup_srcu_struct(&user->release_barrier);
- kfree(user);
+
+ /* SRCU cleanup must happen in task context. */
+ schedule_work(&user->remove_work);
}
static void _ipmi_destroy_user(struct ipmi_user *user)