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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>,
	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12.y] media: serial_ir: Fix race condition where timer can be re-armed
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 10:03:47 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111150319.2466634-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261107051727-failed-6.12-d74ac4016ba6@kernel.org>

From: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>

[ Upstream commit d74ac4016ba64cb3b20f395511d0b18025ca0ba9 ]

Ensure the timer cannot be re-armed.

Fixes: 2940c7e49775 ("[media] serial_ir: generate timeout")
Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
[ sashal: adjusted the replacement to target del_timer_sync() instead of timer_delete_sync() ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c b/drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c
index fc5fd39271772..f6702b3df9a03 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ static int __init serial_ir_init_module(void)
 
 static void __exit serial_ir_exit_module(void)
 {
-	del_timer_sync(&serial_ir.timeout_timer);
+	timer_shutdown_sync(&serial_ir.timeout_timer);
 	serial_ir_exit();
 }
 
-- 
2.53.0


      reply	other threads:[~2026-11-11 15:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-07 10:17 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] media: serial_ir: Fix race condition where timer can be re-armed" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 15:03 ` Sasha Levin [this message]

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