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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2021-06-14 09:14:43 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2021-06-14 09:14:43 +0200
commit99289bf1a76c0aea6ac0f77335b8c9bdca16aac7 (patch)
tree69b9484abfd6014154b925fdc0733438ffdf923f /drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
parenta69008475fc565cec5a760f1997f326773c84aac (diff)
parent009c9aa5be652675a06d5211e1640e02bbb1c33d (diff)
Merge tag 'v5.13-rc6' into tty-next
We want the tty fixes in here as well. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index 193b723fe3bd7..c58996c1e2309 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ static void xenvif_disconnect_queue(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
{
if (queue->task) {
kthread_stop(queue->task);
+ put_task_struct(queue->task);
queue->task = NULL;
}
@@ -745,6 +746,11 @@ int xenvif_connect_data(struct xenvif_queue *queue,
if (IS_ERR(task))
goto kthread_err;
queue->task = task;
+ /*
+ * Take a reference to the task in order to prevent it from being freed
+ * if the thread function returns before kthread_stop is called.
+ */
+ get_task_struct(task);
task = kthread_run(xenvif_dealloc_kthread, queue,
"%s-dealloc", queue->name);