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    net/ncsi: Avoid channel_monitor hrtimer deadlock · 03cb4d05
    Milton Miller authored
    Calling ncsi_stop_channel_monitor from channel_monitor is a guaranteed
    deadlock on SMP because stop calls del_timer_sync on the timer that
    invoked channel_monitor as its timer function.
    
    Recognise the inherent race of marking the monitor disabled before
    deleting the timer by just returning if enable was cleared.  After
    a timeout (the default case -- reset to START when response received)
    just mark the monitor.enabled false.
    
    If the channel has an entry on the channel_queue list, or if the
    state is not ACTIVE or INACTIVE, then warn and mark the timer stopped
    and don't restart, as the locking is broken somehow.
    
    Fixes: 0795fb20 ("net/ncsi: Stop monitor if channel times out or is inactive")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMilton Miller <miltonm@us.ibm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarEddie James <eajames@linux.ibm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    03cb4d05
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