watchdog: refuse to unload softdog module when its timer is running
the softdog has static variables which are accessed if its timer is still running after the driver is unloaded. and lead to crash: $modprobe softdog $echo 1 >/dev/watchdog $modprobe -r softdog CPU 20 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address Oops[#1]: CPU: 20 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/20 Not tainted 4.1.13-WR8.0.0.0_standard ... Modules linked in: [last unloaded: softdog] .... Call Trace: [<ffffffff801e142c>] cascade+0x34/0xb0 [<ffffffff801e1964>] run_timer_softirq+0x30c/0x368 [<ffffffff80181044>] __do_softirq+0x1ec/0x418 [<ffffffff801815d0>] irq_exit+0x90/0x98 [<ffffffff8010749c>] plat_irq_dispatch+0xa4/0x140 [<ffffffff80152740>] ret_from_irq+0x0/0x4 [<ffffffff801529e0>] __r4k_wait+0x20/0x40 [<ffffffff801c2278>] cpu_startup_entry+0x2a0/0x368 [<ffffffff8015fa64>] start_secondary+0x444/0x4d8 add the module ref when timer is running to avoid to unload the softdog module Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
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