When built as a module and running with update_ms >= 0, pstore will Oops
during module unload since the work timer is still running. This makes sure
the worker is stopped before unloading.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
---
 fs/pstore/platform.c | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index cfc1abd264d9..074fe85a2078 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
        if (psi->flags & PSTORE_FLAGS_PMSG)
                pstore_register_pmsg();
 
+       /* Start watching for new records, if desired. */
        if (pstore_update_ms >= 0) {
                pstore_timer.expires = jiffies +
                        msecs_to_jiffies(pstore_update_ms);
@@ -731,6 +732,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pstore_register);
 
 void pstore_unregister(struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
+       /* Stop timer and make sure all work has finished. */
+       pstore_update_ms = -1;
+       del_timer_sync(&pstore_timer);
+       flush_work(&pstore_work);
+
        if (psi->flags & PSTORE_FLAGS_PMSG)
                pstore_unregister_pmsg();
        if (psi->flags & PSTORE_FLAGS_FTRACE)
@@ -830,7 +836,9 @@ static void pstore_timefunc(unsigned long dummy)
                schedule_work(&pstore_work);
        }
 
-       mod_timer(&pstore_timer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(pstore_update_ms));
+       if (pstore_update_ms >= 0)
+               mod_timer(&pstore_timer,
+                         jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(pstore_update_ms));
 }
 
 module_param(backend, charp, 0444);
-- 
2.7.4

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