Xie He
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[ Upstream commit1fef73597f] ppp_cp_event is called directly or indirectly by ppp_rx with "ppp->lock" held. It may call mod_timer to add a new timer. However, at the same time ppp_timer may be already running and waiting for "ppp->lock". In this case, there's no need for ppp_timer to continue running and it can just exit. If we let ppp_timer continue running, it may call add_timer. This causes kernel panic because add_timer can't be called with a timer pending. This patch fixes this problem. Fixes:e022c2f07a("WAN: new synchronous PPP implementation for generic HDLC.") Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl> Signed-off-by: Xie He <xie.he.0141@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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