From 175c0dffef310fc7d7f026ca4a7682beb2fbd8ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xiaotian Feng Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:29:57 +0000 Subject: drivers/net: use tasklet_kill in device remove/close process Some driver uses tasklet_disable in device remove/close process, tasklet_disable will inc tasklet->count and return. If the tasklet is not handled yet because some softirq pressure, the tasklet will placed on the tasklet_vec, never have a chance to excute. This might lead to ksoftirqd heavy loaded, wakeup with pending_softirq, but tasklet is disabled. tasklet_kill should be used in this case. Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng Cc: "David S. Miller" Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/jme.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/jme.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/jme.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/jme.c index f8064df10cc4..92317e9c0f73 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/jme.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/jme.c @@ -1948,10 +1948,10 @@ jme_close(struct net_device *netdev) JME_NAPI_DISABLE(jme); - tasklet_disable(&jme->linkch_task); - tasklet_disable(&jme->txclean_task); - tasklet_disable(&jme->rxclean_task); - tasklet_disable(&jme->rxempty_task); + tasklet_kill(&jme->linkch_task); + tasklet_kill(&jme->txclean_task); + tasklet_kill(&jme->rxclean_task); + tasklet_kill(&jme->rxempty_task); jme_disable_rx_engine(jme); jme_disable_tx_engine(jme); -- cgit v1.2.3