From: Daniel Ritz [PATCH] pcmcia: fix possible missed wakeup - thread_done should only be completed when the wait_queue is installed. - all wake up conditions should be checked before schedule() this fixes a hang of rmmod in the sequence modprobe yenta_socket; rmmod yenta_socket as reported by Andreas Steinmetz. w/o this rmmod yenta_socket can hang on wait_for_completion() in pcmcia_unregister_socket() Signed-off-by: Daniel Ritz Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski Index: 2.6.13-rc4-git1/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c =================================================================== --- 2.6.13-rc4-git1.orig/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c +++ 2.6.13-rc4-git1/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c @@ -654,9 +654,10 @@ static int pccardd(void *__skt) skt->thread = NULL; complete_and_exit(&skt->thread_done, 0); } - complete(&skt->thread_done); add_wait_queue(&skt->thread_wait, &wait); + complete(&skt->thread_done); + for (;;) { unsigned long flags; unsigned int events; @@ -682,11 +683,11 @@ static int pccardd(void *__skt) continue; } - schedule(); - try_to_freeze(); - if (!skt->thread) break; + + schedule(); + try_to_freeze(); } remove_wait_queue(&skt->thread_wait, &wait);