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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] auxdisplay: ht16k33: fix potential user-after-free on module unload
    On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 7:15 PM Miguel Ojeda
    <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com> wrote:
    >
    > On module unload/remove, we need to ensure that work does not run
    > after we have freed resources. Concretely, cancel_delayed_work()
    > may return while the callback function is still running.
    >
    > From kernel/workqueue.c:
    >
    > The work callback function may still be running on return,
    > unless it returns true and the work doesn't re-arm itself.
    > Explicitly flush or use cancel_delayed_work_sync() to wait on it.
    >
    > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190204220952.30761-1-TheSven73@googlemail.com/
    > Reported-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com>
    > Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>

    Yes, this should do the trick.

    Reviewed-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@gmail.com>

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