mtd: sm_ftl: Fix deadlock caused by cancel_work_sync in sm_release
There is a deadlock between sm_release and sm_cache_flush_work which is a work item. The cancel_work_sync in sm_release will not return until sm_cache_flush_work is finished. If we hold mutex_lock and use cancel_work_sync to wait the work item to finish, the work item also requires mutex_lock. As a result, the sm_release will be blocked forever. The race condition is shown below: (Thread 1) | (Thread 2) sm_release | mutex_lock(&ftl->mutex) | sm_cache_flush_work | mutex_lock(&ftl->mutex) cancel_work_sync | ... This patch moves del_timer_sync and cancel_work_sync out of mutex_lock in order to mitigate deadlock. Fixes: 7d17c02a ("mtd: Add new SmartMedia/xD FTL") Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@zju.edu.cn> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20220524044841.10517-1-duoming@zju.edu.cn
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