[PATCH] scsi: elx: efct: Use timer_shutdown_sync() for the stats timer
Fan Wu <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:34:43 +0000
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.kernel.stable,gmane.linux.scsi,gmane.linux.scsi.target.devel,gmane.linux.kernel |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
The statistics timer re-arms itself on every expiry through
efct_xport_config_stats_timer(). timer_delete() only detaches a pending
timer: it does not wait for a callback that is already running and does
not stop that callback from re-arming the timer. In efct_xport_detach()
the timer is stopped before efct_xport_free() frees the xport,
so a callback that re-armed it can fire after the free and dereference the
freed object. efct_fw_reset() stops the same timer before a hardware
reset, where a callback left running can race the reset and re-arm the
timer.
timer_shutdown_sync() waits for a running callback to finish and
guarantees that the timer cannot be rearmed once it returns, so use it at
both points. The now-pointless timer_pending() checks are dropped.
This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.
Fixes: ab332fcbcd81 ("scsi: elx: efct: Transport and hardware teardown routines")
Cc: [email protected] # v6.2+
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6
Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <[email protected]>
---
drivers/scsi/elx/efct/efct_driver.c | 3 +--
drivers/scsi/elx/efct/efct_xport.c | 3 +--
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/elx/efct/efct_driver.c b/drivers/scsi/elx/efct/efct_driver.c
index 07c2f4534..3556c6d8a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/elx/efct/efct_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/elx/efct/efct_driver.c
@@ -309,8 +309,7 @@ efct_fw_reset(struct efct *efct)
* Function 0 will update and load the new firmware
* during attach.
*/
- if (timer_pending(&efct->xport->stats_timer))
- timer_delete(&efct->xport->stats_timer);
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&efct->xport->stats_timer);
if (efct_hw_reset(&efct->hw, EFCT_HW_RESET_FIRMWARE)) {
efc_log_info(efct, "failed to reset firmware\n");
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/elx/efct/efct_xport.c b/drivers/scsi/elx/efct/efct_xport.c
index 9dcaef6fc..84fa5589e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/elx/efct/efct_xport.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/elx/efct/efct_xport.c
@@ -507,8 +507,7 @@ efct_xport_detach(struct efct_xport *xport)
efct_scsi_del_device(efct);
/*Shutdown FC Statistics timer*/
- if (timer_pending(&xport->stats_timer))
- timer_delete(&xport->stats_timer);
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&xport->stats_timer);
efct_hw_teardown(&efct->hw);
--
2.34.1