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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c index 193b723fe3bd..c58996c1e230 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); |