[NETPOLL]: Fixups for 'fix soft lockup when removing module'
>From my recent patch: > > #1 > > Until kernel ver. 2.6.21 (including) cancel_rearming_delayed_work() > > required a work function should always (unconditionally) rearm with > > delay > 0 - otherwise it would endlessly loop. This patch replaces > > this function with cancel_delayed_work(). Later kernel versions don't > > require this, so here it's only for uniformity. But Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> found: > But 2.6.22 doesn't need this change, why it was merged? > > In fact, I suspect this change adds a race, ... His description was right (thanks), so this patch reverts #1. Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@o2.pl> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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